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Mexican-American culture in Michigan (4 P) Pages in category "Hispanic and Latino American culture in Michigan" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
By 1961 the Holy Redeemer church had established a Spanish-language mass and it had 500 Mexican church worshipers. [ 6 ] As of the 1950s and 1960s other churches frequented by Mexican Americans and Mexicans included All Saints Church, Holy Cross Church in Delray , Most Holy Trinity, St. Anne's, St. Anthony, St. Boniface, St. Leo, and St. Vincent.
"Latino" is the umbrella term for people of Latin American descent that, in recent years, has supplanted the more imprecise and bureaucratic designation "Hispanic." [1] Some difficulties of comprehension lie in the fact that the territory called Latin America is not homogeneous in nature or culture. [2]
People from this background often self-identify as "Hispanos", "Spanish" or "Hispanic". Many of these settlers also intermarried with local Native Americans, creating a mestizo population. [78] Likewise, southern Louisiana is home to communities of people of Canary Islands descent, known as Isleños, in addition to other people of Spanish ancestry.
The state's oldest cultural institution, the Historical Society of Michigan, was established by territorial governor Lewis Cass and explorer Henry Schoolcraft in 1828. Rising settlement prompted the elevation of Michigan Territory to that of the present-day state. In 1835, the federal government enacted a law that would have created a State of ...
Middle Eastern-American culture in Michigan (3 C, 2 P) N. Native American history of Michigan (8 C, 70 P) W. White American culture in Michigan (1 C, 3 P)
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This category includes articles related to the culture and history of Mexican Americans in Michigan Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mexican diaspora in Michigan . Pages in category "Mexican-American culture in Michigan"