0001|                    SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 5
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SPECIAL
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0003|     SESSION, 1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                           JOHN PINTO
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0011|                        A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012|     REQUESTING THE ASSISTANCE OF VARIOUS AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
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0013|     TO ENGAGE IN A COMPREHENSIVE FEASIBILITY STUDY TO ESTABLISH A
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0014|     UNIQUE CULTURAL AND REHABILITATIVE FACILITY FOR NATIVE AMERICAN
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0015|     WOMEN IN THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA.
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0017|       WHEREAS, there are approximately forty thousand Native
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0018|     Americans from one hundred forty-five different tribes in the
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0019|     Albuquerque area of which seventy percent are comprised of
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0020|     single-parent households;
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0021|       WHEREAS, of those Native Americans who migrate to the
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0022|     Albuquerque urban area, most who stay are women; 
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0023|       WHEREAS, statistics reveal that Native Americans
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0024|     traditionally have the highest suicide rates and the highest
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0025|     alcoholism and fetal alcohol syndrome rate among ethnic groups; 
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0001|       WHEREAS, there exists a need for a facility in the
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0002|     Albuquerque urban area to assist Native American women to
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0003|     continue their education, seek a career, recovery,
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0004|     rehabilitation or employment while providing a safe place for
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0005|     their children; 
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0006|       WHEREAS, the Native American Indian women's center is
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0007|     seeking funds for research and development to attain its vision
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0008|     of providing a safe and healthy environment to strengthen the
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0009|     family unit and promote empowerment of Native American women by
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0010|     promoting and encouraging leadership in the Albuquerque area
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0011|     communities, enhancing the Native American woman's self-esteem
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0012|     through education, building strong family foundations through
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0013|     recovery and rehabilitation and providing an avenue to self-sufficiency by increasing employment opportunities and
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0014|     education; and
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0015|       WHEREAS, various government agencies and organizations have
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0016|     the purpose, responsibility, interest or resources to assist the
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0017|     Native American Indian women's center to accomplish their
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0018|     worthwhile and necessary goals;
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0019|       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0020|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the state, the city of Albuquerque, the
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0021|     southwestern Indian polytechnic institute, the bureau of Indian
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0022|     affairs, the Indian health services, the all-Indian pueblo
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0023|     council and the Navajo nation be requested to assist the Native
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0024|     American Indian women's center to conduct a comprehensive
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0025|     feasibility study to establish a unique cultural and
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0001|     rehabilitative facility for Native American women in the
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0002|     Albuquerque area; and
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0003|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0004|     transmitted to the New Mexico office of Indian affairs, the city
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0005|     of Albuquerque, the southwestern Indian polytechnic institute,
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0006|     the bureau of Indian affairs, the Indian health services, the
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0007|     all Indian pueblo council and the council and president of the
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0008|     Navajo nation.
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