NM MVD says Navajo-only speakers are “illiterates” must learn English to obtain state ID card

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37. shame on aurora lopez

shame on her own self hate and denial of her own indigenous roots. in new mexico people are too proud to claim an indigenous heritage. they deny their indigenous roots as though it is poison by claiming superiority as "spanish". case in point: my in-laws. those who are truly only "spanish" are very few. this claim of only "spanish" heritage proliferated through out the west with the declarations of bounties on indigenous heads by the new states. denial and claiming "spanish" was a way to survive. it behooved natives to deny their indigenous heritage, culture, language and to assimilate as white as possible inorder to live and thrive in their communities. prior to his death, an uncle in law had his dna tested. the results were a small amount of european with african & greater than 55% native american - specifically, tarahumara and hopi.