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HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 43

48

TH LEGISLATURE

- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -

FIRST SESSION

, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Irvin Harrison

A JOINT MEMORIAL

REQUESTING STATE AGENCIES TO LEND THEIR SUPPORT TO THE FIRST

"TOUR OF THE NATIONS" BICYCLE EVENT.

WHEREAS, the Pueblo of Isleta, the Pueblo of Acoma, the

Pueblo of Laguna, the Pueblo of Zuni and adventure Gallup and

beyond are organizing the first "tour of the nations" bicycle

event; and

WHEREAS, the tour of the nations bicycle event will be a

five-day recreational and educational bicycle ride that will

take its participants through three of New Mexico's pueblos and

two national monuments; and

WHEREAS, the participants will experience history as they

tour Anasazi ruins, view remaining evidence of Spanish, Mexican

and Anglo explorers and stay as guests in three pueblos; and

WHEREAS, the participants will spend each night at a

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different pueblo where they will be treated to a tour, a

traditional meal and traditional performances; and

WHEREAS, the tour of the nations will end in Gallup where

participants will receive tickets to participate in the eighty-

sixth inter-tribal Indian ceremonial, the longest-standing

Native American event in New Mexico; and

WHEREAS, the tour of the nations will expose participants

to Native American culture, North American culture and

southwest scenery through one of the simplest and most intimate

means of travel, the bicycle; and

WHEREAS, the tour of the nations will be an event that

will bring more than two hundred bicycle riders and their

friends and families to pueblos, national monuments and other

attractions along the route of the tour; and

WHEREAS, the participants on the tour and their friends

and families will provide an economic boost to the communities

along the route of the tour; and

WHEREAS, participants will be riding their bicycles on

public roads that will be open to vehicular traffic;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE

STATE OF NEW MEXICO that it request all state agencies to

cooperate with the sponsors of the first tour of the nations

and help to ensure that the event will be as safe as possible

for all participants; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

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transmitted to the governor, the secretary of cultural affairs,

the secretary of economic development, the secretary of energy,

minerals and natural resources, the secretary of environment,

the secretary of general services, the secretary of health, the

secretary of Indian affairs, the secretary of public safety,

the secretary of tourism and the secretary of transportation.

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