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FELIZ NAVIDAD . . . . Dear Primos and Friends, Hoping this Christmas season is joyful and stress free for all of you. I received an interesting email suggesting two types of Christmas gifts appropriate to this difficult financial situation, and in the Christian spirit: (1) Support local merchants, give gift certificates for services such as pedicure/nails, haircut/styling, restaurants, massage, etc. anything which would keep locals working. (2) Cut down family expenses by giving something personal, such as an act of service or handmade gifts. Big thanks for all of you who have taken the time to send the positive of our community, outstanding leaders, events, family histories, your memories and thoughts. Your submissions are always a pleasure to share. You'll find many books recommended by readers in this issue. Don't John Schmal's data analysis from the 2010 Mexico census of Indigenous Mexico. For Mexican researchers, the most exciting news: George Ryskamp, BYU staff and world-wide expert of Spanish language records, said that ALL OF THE MEXICAN CATHOLIC PARISH RECORDS are now online. They are digitized so a copy of the actual document can be made. Wow!! www.FamilySearch.com Best wishes for a wonderful Christmas celebration Your prima and friend . . Mimi

TABLE OF CONTENTS, Somos Primos, December 2011 UNITED STATES Alaska style "Merry Christmas" the Hallelujah Chorus CHCI Receives $1 Million Gift The Story of G.I. Jos by Jos Antonio Lpez Alonso S. Perales and the Development of Mexican-American Public Intellectuals Julian Samora Legacy Project Marisol A. Chalas, A Wise Latina, by Mercy Bautista-Olvera Rise Of Young Latino Politicians In Texas by Sara Calderon

Laus Deo, Do you know what it means? Honoring America's Veterans by Felipe de Ortego y Gasca WITNESS TO HERITAGE The Christian Foundation of OUR Nation Where is Our John Wayne? by Dr. Lino Garcia, Jr., and Jos Antonio Lpez Preserving the Fabric of Our Nation by Senator John Cornyn, Texas Your turn: A birthday prayer for California Texas Heritage Effort by Joe Lopez

PERSISTENCE OF BLACK LEGEND Against Mexico -The Making of Heroes and Enemies HONORING HISPANIC LEADERSHIP Pete Magana April 14, 1928 - October 19, 2011 Jos Angel Crdenas October 16, 1930 - September 17, 2011 Joel C. Uribe July 11, 1934 - October 27, 2011 Harry Pachon June 4, 1945 - November 4, 2011 NATIONAL ISSUES Erasing hate, Tattoos Drug Smuggling Ring Dismantled 2 Dead, 1 Wounded at Pot Farm National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers 17 tons of marijuana were seized in a raid on a cross-border tunnel The Faces of Meth Mexico Under Siege Border Problems and Incidences Newspaper article criticized by Hispanic Link founder, Charlie Erickson Whats the Easiest Way to Legally Get to the U.S. from Mexico? Lincoln Club of Orange County proposal provides path to legal residency Iraqi Christian convert attacked in US over Holocaust poem Detroit Prayer event puts Muslim community on Edge 83 victims, family seek $750M for preventable Fort Hood tragedy ACTION ITEM Letters to Senator Hutchison and Senator Cornyn by Jose Antonio Lpez The Story Of One Deported Latino Veteran by Sara Ins Caldern St. Athanasius School in Long Beach, California EDUCATION Dropout Rate Reaches 28 Percent Senator Iris Martinez writes the foreword to from The Barrio to the Board Hispanic Education Endowment Fund: 18th Annual Apple of Gold Celebration

Stand and Deliver' Movie Quotes by Jaime Escalante Intercultural Development Research Association Gilbert G. Gonzalez Collection, 1864-2001 Focusing on the Needs of Latino Students by Manuel Hernandez-Carmona Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior by Amy Chua

CULTURE Izzy Sanabria, Why they call him Mr. Sanabria 40 Years Since The BIRTH of SALSA by Izzy Sanabria American Sabors traveling exhibition Own a piece of Salsa History, Posters Gregorio Luke Triumphs in Mexico's Bellas Artes East L.A. speaks from its heart In South Texas Happiness can be Found on the Grill by Richard G. Santos First Annual Lloronathon Launches In Phoenix

LITERATURE Peridicos en EspaolHispanic American Newspapers Online Latino Quote of the Day is posted by Bobby Gonzalez Where are all the Latinos in the Media by Sara Ins Caldern Update for Oct-Nov 2011 of Somos en escrito by Armando Rendon

BOOKS News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media, Juan Gonzalez and Joe Torres Before the End, After the Beginning by Dagoberto Gilb Sol, Sombra y la Tierra by Adelina Ortiz de Hill Why Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata Wore Cananas by Marco Portales Terror on the Border by J. Gilberto Quezada Invisible & Voiceless, the Struggle of Mexican Americans for Recognition, Justice and Equality by Martha Caso I am Grey Eyes, A Story of Old Florida by William Ryan The Legacy of Piri Thomas By Manuel Hernandez Carmona Trespassers On Our Own Land: Structured as an oral history of the Juan P. Valdez family and of the land grants of Northern New Mexico by Mike Scarborough The Enemy We Need by Dr. Michael Zurowski Scarborough The Enemy We Need by Dr. Michael Zurowski Aleph by Paulo Coelho The Tejano Diaspora: Mexican Americanism and Ethnic Politics in Texas and Wisconsin by Marc S. Rodriguez Bernardo de Galvez in Louisiana, 1776-1784 by John Caughey Indigenous Quotient/Stalking Words: American Indian Heritage as Future by Juan Gmez-Quiones

Sleepy Lagoon by Mark A. Weitz Moon Warriors Dream by Jesus Velazquez

LATINO PATRIOTS 2011 Veterans Day, Celebration by Daisy Wanda Garcia Interesting Veterans Statistics off the Vietnam Memorial Wall Call for Photos for the Vietnam War Memorial. New resources for veterans Navajo Code Talkers War Forged Lasting Friendships : Pearl Harbor: Lieutenant Colonel Mercedes O. Cubria by Tony Santiago Introducing Author John W. Flores Two Air Force Special Operations Command combat controllers recognized Korean War Project

EARLY LATINO PATRIOTS Re-enactment of the Battle of Medina in Losoya Battle of Medina: The Empire Strikes Back Resources for the Celebration for the War of 1812 Historical Twin City Celebration

SURNAMES: Building la Familia de Abraham Gonzales

CUENTOS Floating on the Border by Belinda Acosta Laredo Memories of Omar Alvarez and others John W. Flores, University of Texas, Austin, 2011 Distinguished Alumnus Award What Exactly is a Pocho? by Victor Landa FAMILY HISTORY Peridicos en EspaolHispanic American Newspapers Online Maria Embry shares strategies for researching in Ellis Island records 16 Ways to Leave a Legacy by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack Family Tree Magazine 10 Electronic Newsletter Ideas FamilySearch.org 11 November 2011 Update

ORANGE COUNTY, CA Dec. 2,3,4: No Christmas for Smiling Dec. 13 Fiesta Navidad Families gather to remember historic Olive Street barrio It happened in '29 Dedication of Hoover School

Viola Rodriguez Sader, Hispanic family history presenter The Sentinel, a new Emagazine

LOS ANGELES, CA Contested Visions in the Spanish Colonial World Jesus His Life in Art, Sunday Dec 18th, 2011 La Plaza de Cultura y Artes Nos Vemos en la Placita: The Historic Los Angeles Plaza Mi Casa Es Mi Casa Resurrected Histories: Voices from the Chicano Arts Collectives of Highland Park

CALIFORNIA Dr. Augustine Ramirez by Mercy Bautista-Olvera Los Encinos State Historic Park Seeking historic Latino sites in California Frank Mecham, Supervisor San Luis Obispo Co. descendant of Mariano Vallejo Diocene of San Bernardo and Agua Mansa Navidad en Whittier Science Reshapes Understanding of Hispanic Life in Early California

NORTHWESTERN US Targeting Canadas invisible Hispanic community SOUTHWESTERN US Mexican Revolution 81 photographs and a narrative of who did what to whom & when . . . MIDDLE AMERICA The Hispanics in the Twin Cities of Minnesota by Eddie Palacios Calderon, Ph.D. Hispanic Reviving Faded Towns on the Plains Vince Vance about New Orleans Canary Islanders of Louisiana on Facebook TEXAS What the Tejano Monument Means to Me by Jos Antonio Lpez John Flores Nominated for Honor by Christopher Amos MEXICO Dec17th: Major Family History Conference in Mexico La Familia del Lic. Don Benito Juarez por Ricardo Ral Palmern Cordero. Personajes en la Historia de Mxico Emilio Crescencio Portes Gil, Presidente de Mxico No. 50 Pascual Ortiz Rubio, Presidente de Mxico No. 51

Libro: Coleccin Titulada: "Retoos de Espaa en la Nueva Galicia" INDIGENOUS Indigenous Mexico Statistics: The 2010 Census by John P. Schmal Extracts from American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Census Data American Indian Institute Native Foster Care: Lost Children, Shattered Families Native Foster Care by Laura Sullivan and Amy Walters Native American Children's Alliance Call for papers: 13th Annual American Indian Studies Association Conference SEPHARDIC Luis Carvajal's 400th Yartzheit by Reid Heller Lost cousins unite thanks to Holocaust database by Aron Heller CARIBBEAN/CUBA Census Data Continues to Shed Light on Boricua Identity Source: The Voice of the Taino People News Journal (July-September 2011)

CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA El Titulo de Libertador, por Eumenes Fuguet Borregales Dr. Enrique Tejera Guevara, brillante cientfico valenciano por Eumenes Fuguet Borregales (*) PHILIPPINES Course in Spanish (Primera Leccin) By Eddie AAA Caldern, Ph.D. Roy's Basket, A bit of History: Puerto Rico SPAIN Drug mules: smugglers caught moulding cocaine into shape of Manolo Blahnik shoes

INTERNATIONAL Polish Salt Miners Left Something Underground Let us not forget the horrors of WWII Germans Stunned by Report on Forced Marriages by Soeren Kern October, 2011 Report on the Muslim Persecution of Christians This notification is sent as a service. If you prefer not to receive it, please just let me know.

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