NEW MEXICO HISTORY IN 10 MINUTES - EP 50 - Manuel Armijo of New Mexico!

Join State Historian of New Mexico Robert Martinez and enjoy his series, New Mexico History in 10 Minutes! Manuel Armijo is Mexican Governor of New Mexico 3 times!

[@laurellegate9758]

I would be totally lost without your videos.

[@robmartinez7517]

Always glad to help!

[@alro11]

Holy Moly! what a history!

[@lightworker1013]

This video has been very informative. He was a very important man.

[@manuelarmijo7228]

Great video Rob, and the music is most excellent as well!

[@arturoarabitg6438]

Excellent. I really enjoyed in this episode how the beginning of the story of the US invasion of '46 is delivered through a biopic of Armijo. The individual as an essential dimension of the collective and political. Can't wait for the next episode!

[@josephschaumberg4136]

Very informative thank you

[@melissac5395]

Very informative and interesting. New Mexican history is more complicated than most Americans know.

[@kristoffliftoff9316]

Hey rob, I have always wondered what New Mexican people thoughts were during the Mexican revolution. There isn’t much time from the independence of Mexico until the USA took over. Did the New Mexican people identify with the Mexican cause for independence? The reason I ask because I know information took along time for information to come from Mexico City to Santa Fe.

[@robmartinez7517]

We became Mexican in 1821, the USA took over in 1848 and the Mexican Revolution started in 1910, so by that time there was about two to three generations that passed. I am not sure, but I don't think it had much impact on New Mexicans, just like the Spanish Civil War didn't either. There was likely more influence in southern New Mexico, places like La Messilla, and certainly Columbus, NM.

[@kristoffliftoff9316]

@@robmartinez7517 thank you for the answer. The reason I ask is because so many neomexicanos do not identify as Mexican heritage- and growing up there it always felt like two very distinct cultures. Then I moved to Chicago and everyone just assumed I was of Mexican heritage even though I don’t know who their president is, when their Independence Day is, I only no cinco de Mayo a victory over the French but that’s about it. So when people ask me “are you Mexican” I typically say no, because I would think it would be disrespectful to their culture which I know nothing about.

[@robmartinez7517]

@@kristoffliftoff9316 We are of Mexican heritage but why would we know about current Mexican events? Or Spanish? We are part of the USA now, but we were Mexican before that, and our culture did not end in 1848 and become American. We still have Mexican cultural traits, but you are right, we have changed. You and I type in English, not Spanish. If we are not Mexican, we are even less Spanish. That we did not immigrate to the USA but were taken over is a crucial factor.

[@kristoffliftoff9316]

@@robmartinez7517 I wasn’t trying to do the whole “Spanish not Mexican” I am well aware of my mestizo decent. I guess what I am asking is it appropriate to say “no I am not Mexican, I am New Mexican.” Coming from one New Mexican to another, I always have called my self New Mexican. Because I felt their was a different culture in northern New Mexico with our on going relationship with the pueblo peoples, and these Pueblo people are tremendously different in culture than let’s say the Aztecs in Mexico or even Apache here. I have Taos Pueblo ancestry from my grandma. I would love to find out how her family ended up in the mountain town of Juan Thomas. I just don’t know where to start.

[@robmartinez7517]

@@kristoffliftoff9316 Fair enough, Chris!! Good points.