curprev08:2708:27, 27 November 2022 Giest24talkcontribs m2,746 bytes−30 Took out Mexican because it has no reference to back it up nor does it have historical proofs. Spanish was/is the culture of New Mexico. "The Republic of Mexico" only owned New Mexico for 13 years before it became an American state previously before that it was held by Spain and extremely isolated from Mexico and the Mexican government it is what makes New Mexico unique of all the Spanish owned colonies in the United States and the oldest. Mexican is a nationality not an ethnic groupundo