SENATE MEMORIAL 30

50th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2012

INTRODUCED BY

George K. Munoz

A MEMORIAL

PROCLAIMING JANUARY 26, 2012 TO BE "MCKINLEY COUNTY/GALLUP DAY" AT THE SENATE.

     WHEREAS, McKinley county and the city of Gallup are the northwestern gateway to New Mexico; and

     WHEREAS, McKinley county and the city of Gallup reflect the rich cultural, recreational and economic diversity of

New Mexico; and

     WHEREAS, McKinley county has the greatest number of Native American residents of any New Mexico county and is the home of the members of the Navajo Nation and the Pueblo of Zuni who reside in New Mexico; and

     WHEREAS, McKinley county is the home of Red Rock park and of one of the largest gatherings of Native Americans, the annual intertribal Indian ceremonial; and

     WHEREAS, the city of Gallup has a long history in support of civil rights, opposing discrimination against its African-American residents before the civil rights movement and successfully opposing the internment of eight hundred Japanese-Americans during World War II; and

     WHEREAS, McKinley county incorporates the continental divide, which separates the watersheds of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans; and

     WHEREAS, the city of Gallup is the home of the Gallup national historic district; and

     WHEREAS, the city of Gallup is a center of commerce for the members of the Navajo Nation and has been a corridor for cross-country rail traffic since the nineteenth century;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that January 26, 2012 be designated as "McKinley County/Gallup Day" at the senate to honor and showcase the many facets of McKinley county and of the city of Gallup; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be transmitted to the board of county commissioners of McKinley county and to the mayor and city council of the city of Gallup.

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