Hispanos of New Mexico

rdf:langString Hispanos of New Mexico

rdf:langString Hispanos of New Mexico

rdf:langString Neomexicano

rdf:langString Significant New Mexican Hispanos in:

rdf:langString Spanish , English , Indigenous languages of New Mexico , Caló, Indigenous languages of Mexico

rdf:langString United States

rdf:langString Hispanos of New Mexico

rdf:langString Neomexicano

rdf:langString Other Hispanic and Latino peoples:

rdf:langString Other Hispanos of the United States:

rdf:langString Mexican Americans , Mexicans, Spaniards, Indigenous Mexican American, Spanish Americans, Louisiana Criollos, Louisiana Isleños

rdf:langString Native Americans of the Southwestern United States:

rdf:langString Californios, Tejanos

rdf:langString Puebloans, Navajo, Apache, Comanche, Ute Peoples

rdf:langString Christianity Judaism

rdf:langString The Hispanos of New Mexico, also known as Neomexicanos (Spanish: Neomexicano) or Nuevomexicanos, are Hispanic residents originating in the historical region of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, today the US state of New Mexico (Nuevo México), southern Colorado, and other parts of the Southwestern United States including Arizona, Nevada, Texas, and Utah. They are descended from Oasisamerica groups and the settlers of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, the First Mexican Empire and Republic, the Centralist Republic of Mexico, and the New Mexico Territory. The descendants of these New Mexican settlers make up an ethnic community of more than 340,000 in New Mexico, with others throughout the historical Spanish territorial claim of Nuevo México. Alongside Californios and Tejanos, Neomexicanos are part of the larger Hispano community of the United States, who have lived in the American Southwest since the 16th century. These groups are differentiated by time period from the population of Mexican Americans that arrived after the Mexican–American War and later Mexican Revolution, although they are genetically related Neomexicanos speak New Mexican English, Neomexicano Spanish, or both bilingually. Culturally they identify with the culture of New Mexico, practicing Pueblo Christianity, and displaying patriotism in regional Americana through pride for cities and towns such as Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Further cultural expression includes New Mexican cuisine and music, as well as Ranchero and US Route 66 cruising lifestyles. Hispanos historically identified strongly with their Hispanic heritage, have pride for their varying levels of Spanish and Indigenous ancestry, and focused on their New Mexican identity. Exact numbers for the population size of New Mexican Hispanos is difficult, as many also identify as Spanish Americans or Mexican Americans (with a small minority identifying with the Chicano movement). For most of its modern history, New Mexico existed on the periphery of the viceroyalty of New Spain (1598—1821) with its capital in Mexico City, and later independent Mexico (1821–1848). However, it was dominated by Comancheria politically and economically from the 1750s to 1850s. Due to the Comanche, contact with the rest of the Spanish empire was limited, and the settlers developed closer trading links with the Comanche than the rest of New Spain. In the meantime, some of the colonists coexisted with and intermarried with Puebloan peoples and Navajos, enemies of the Comanche. New Mexicans of all ethnicities were commonly enslaved by the Comanche and Apache of Apacheria, while Native New Mexicans were commonly enslaved and adopted Spanish language and culture. These natives, called Genízaros, served as house servants, sheep herders, and in other capacities in New Mexico including what is known today as Southern Colorado well into the 1800s. By the late 18th century, Genízaros and their descendants, often referred to as Coyotes, comprised nearly one-third of the entire population of New Mexico. After the Mexican–American War, New Mexico and all its inhabitants came under the governance of the English-speaking U.S., and for the next hundred years, English-speakers increased in number. By the 1980s, more and more Hispanos were using English instead of New Mexican Spanish at home.