Searching for the elusive New Mexicans in the southern Rockies – Wild Mustangs. Pure heart and defiant soul of the old Wild West. Their name evokes images of the rearing stallion, wild-eyed and cunning, mane ragged as the desert wind. Even John Wayne needed all his gumption and a tall horse to capture one. Clark Gable Read More
Tiwa… Keeping Language Alive –
Tiwa is not a written language – and out of respect, many speakers don’t wish to provide written translations. Other traditions may differ from that of Taos Pueblo, which speaks northern Tiwa, as does Picuris The white stuff falling softly from the sky is the world’s most beautiful sight, no matter what you call it. “Nieve” I recall, in Read More
The Comanches Are Coming
Alli vienen los Comanches | by Michelle Potter | Photo by Geraint Smith Northern New Mexico is a place of stunning paradox, where identities and cultures meld, hybridize, bump up against each other and explode in dizzying profusion. Ritual dances and ceremonies proliferate, especially between September 30, Taos Pueblo’s San Geronimo Feast Day, continuing through Read More