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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.
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 .
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.
Crucible of Struggle: A History of Mexican Americans from the Colonial Period to the Present Era (2010) Weber, David J. Spanish Frontier in North America (Yale University Press, 1992; brief edition 2009) Weber, David J. New Spain's Far Northern Frontier: Essays on Spain in the American West, 1540-1821 (University of New Mexico Press, 1979).
Lewis Cass. Michiganian is the term used for the state's citizens in The Collections of the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society since the 1870s.. Michigander is considered pejorative by some due to the circumstances under which the term was popularized, but others perceive no such negative connotation.
The Stylebook limits the term Hispanic to people "from – or whose ancestors were from – a Spanish-speaking land or culture". It provides a more expansive definition, however, of the term Latino. The Stylebook definition of Latino includes not only people of Spanish-speaking ancestry, but also more generally includes persons "from – or ...
The naming customs of Hispanic America are similar to the Spanish naming customs practiced in Spain, with some modifications to the surname rules.Many Hispanophones in the countries of Spanish-speaking America have two given names, plus like in Spain, a paternal surname (primer apellido or apellido paterno) and a maternal surname (segundo apellido or apellido materno).