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Confederate power in the New Mexico Territory was effectively broken in 1862 after the Battle of Glorieta Pass. The New Mexico Volunteer Infantry, with 157 Hispanic officers, was the Union unit with the most officers of that ethnic background.
Christmas trees and wreaths, made from local pine trees, were brought to New Mexico by German immigrants and German-Americans from the Midwest. Chiles red and green in color often hang from rooftops over porches. [citation needed] Luminarias are large bonfires made of pinyon logs.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata item; ... New Mexico culture by city (4 C) A. Architecture in New Mexico (30 C, 7 P)
Sep. 7—Rejoice, sports fans and New Mexicans! It doesn't any get better than this. As a lifelong sports junkie and New Mexico native, the first weekend of September is always circled on my calendar.
Jul. 27—In one of Jake Trujillo's oil paintings, a blazing Southwestern sky is heightened and takes on an almost neon green prominence as a full moon hangs over the desert floor of the Northern ...
Oshara Tradition, the northern tradition of the earlier Picosa culture, was a Southwestern Archaic tradition centered in the area now called New Mexico and Colorado. Cynthia Irwin-Williams developed the sequence of Archaic culture for Oshara during her work in the Arroyo Cuervo area of northwestern New Mexico.
New Mexico pueblos. Starting in the 1960s, numerous artists, scholars, and curators began to exhibit and write about the work of contemporary Pueblo artists whose practices were cognizant of the past and its traditions while innovating new methods, processes and design sensibilities.
Usos y costumbres ("customs and traditions"; literally, "uses and customs") is the indigenous customary law in Hispanic America. Since the era of Spanish colonialism, authorities have recognized local forms of rulership, self governance, and juridical practice, with varying degrees of acceptance and formality.