Californios
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Californios are Hispanic Californians, especially those descended from Spanish and Mexican settlers of the 17th through 19th centuries who arrived under Spanish and Mexican rule before California was
Gaspar de Portolá led the 1769 Portolá expedition and served as the first Governor of the Californias.
Juan Bautista de Anza led the 1775–76 Anza expedition.
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, established in 1770, was the headquarters of the Californian mission system from 1797 until 1833.
The founding of Los Angeles by the Felipe de Neve and the Los Angeles Pobladores in 1781.
Hispanos of New Mexico
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The Hispanos of New Mexico, also known as New Mexican Hispanics or Nuevomexicanos, are a Hispanic ethnic group originating in the historical region of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, today the US state of N
Californios
…and Mexican origins, including Criollos, Mestizos, Indigenous Californian peoples, and small numbers of Mulatos. Alongside the Tejanos of Texas and Neomexicanos of New Mexico and Colorado, Californios are part of the larger Spanish-American/Mexican-American/Hispano community of the modern United States, which…
Hispano musicians at a wedding at San Jose, New Mexico, ca.1898
A corner in the Spanish Room, Indian Building, Albuquerque, New Mexico
A Chimayó weaver at his loom. One clear difference between New Mexican Hispanic weaving and Navajo weaving is that Hispanic weavers stand upright while weaving.
A Chimayó loom in the process of weaving a rug.