Monthly Speakers Program for the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of NM (Rental)
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM10:30 am This month, Robert Martinez will present “Mulatos of Cochiti: Caste in Spanish New Mexico.” In this presentation, former Deputy State Historian and now newly appointed State Historian Robert Martinez examines the role of racial mixing, identity, and the categorizing of humans living in Spanish Colonial New Mexico. The approach will be through the lens of the casta, or caste system. Historical research, genealogy, and DNA all converge to provide a clearer understanding of Hispano roots in New Mexico, as well as in Latino-Meso America and (more...)
