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For Hispanic New Mexican's, northern New Mexico and southern Colorado is the homeland. A state of mind, regardless of where the boundaries are today. This is where our ancestors came to, created the culture that we adhere to. It is fair to say that New Mexico is New Mexicans where ever they are.
A great read is a book by Richard L. Nostrand titled "The Hispano Homeland". I quote from the back cover:
"The Hispano Homeland, Richard L. Nostrand examines historical geographical, and census documents and oral information to interpret the authentic Spanish American subculture surviving in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. There the descendants of sixteenth century Spanish settlers exhibit clear cultural differences from other Spanish Speaking people of the Borderlands. Their interactions with Pueblo Indians, nomad Indians, Anglos and Mexican Americans combined with isolation in their particular natural and cultural environment, has given them a unique sense of place, a sense of homeland".
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