"The
relatively unknown story of Latinos in America is at the heart
of this Theme Study, American Latinos
and the Making
of the United States. Over a year in development, the idea
was launched at
a forum held in La Paz, California on June 16, 2011. Shortly after, the
National Park System Advisory Board constituted the American Latino
Scholars
Expert Panel. At the invitation of the Secretary of the Interior, Ken
Salazar,
the group of ten academics agreed to dedicate themselves to crafting a
historic
document; one that would help the Department of the Interior and the
National
Park Service tell the layered story of American
Latinos as an integral
part of the history, culture, and politics of the United States..."
American Latinos
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