[GJones2]

> ...the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, those who kept their land and stayed in what would now be the United States of America, agreed to forsake their culture and assimilate.

Here's a link to a copy of the treaty. I see no mention of forsaking their culture and assimilating. On the other hand, the treaty doesn't provide any special protections for their language either (as some anti-English-as-national-language persons claim). The word 'language' doesn't appear anywhere in the text.

[pacpam]

Culture includes the language spoken.

[pacpam]

ARTICLE IX

“...shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic,”

Hence my interpretation.