National History Day Resources at the New Mexico State Library: Ideas for this Year's Theme

Ideas for this year's theme

100th Anniversary of American Indian Citizenship Act of June 2, 19

• Miguel Trujillo and Native Voting Rights
• Indian Slavery/Genizaros

Water Rights in New Mexico Past, Present, Future – Where does all our water go?

Superfund sites -- Why do they exist and who is responsible for the history and future of the clean-up?

• Superfund Sites in New Mexico (nm.gov)
• EPA Superfund

Land Use and Development in New Mexico – Do we really own our land?

• Pueblo Revolt and the Spanish Recolonization afterward
• Bosque Redondo / The Long Walk
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• Rio Grande Compact
• Gadsen Purchase

Women's Rights under Spanish, Mexican, and US governments in New Mexico

• NM Suffragists
• Land Ownership

Treatment and Resources Provided (or not) for those with Disabilities:

• New Mexico School for the Deaf
• New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Tuberculosis care The lungers' legacy: Tuberculosis patients in New Mexico | Books | santafenewmexican.com
• New Mexico Insane Asylum

Japanese Internment – How does fear influence the application of rights and who is responsible?