Episode 29 of ¡Que Vivan las Acequias! - produced by Miguel Santistevan of the NMAA in collaboration with Cultural Energy (www.culturalenergy.org). Made possible with a grant from the Panta Rhea Foundation.
This show features a presentation by Dr. Richard Ford at our 3rd Annual Tierra, Agua, y Cultura conference held on March 8, 2008 in Española, New Mexico. This presentation covers the interactions of the various cultures in northern New Mexico with regard to land, water, and seeds that has resulted in the food and agricultural patterns we see in the region today.
Special thanks to Cipriano Vigil for our theme music and Los Viejitos for this month’s musical selection.
Episode 28 of ¡Que Vivan las Acequias! - produced by Miguel Santistevan of the NMAA in collaboration with Cultural Energy (www.culturalenergy.org). Made possible with a grant from the Panta Rhea Foundation.
This show features a conversation with two parciantes and a mayordomo of three Taos acequias: Patricia Quintana of the Don Fernando Acequia Sur, Gene Sanchez of the Acequia Sanchez, and Dave Rael, mayordomo of the Spring Ditch. In this conversation we discuss some threats that the Taos acequias are facing with regard to development and politics.
Special thanks to Cipriano Vigil for our theme music and Quinto Sol for this month’s musical selection.
Episode 27 of ¡Que Vivan las Acequias! - produced by Miguel Santistevan of the NMAA in collaboration with Cultural Energy (www.culturalenergy.org). Made possible with a grant from the Panta Rhea Foundation.
This show features interviews of Sembrando Semillas members, mentors, and chaperones from a La Jicarita backpacking trip held July 16 & 17, 2007. In this program we talk about hiking to La Jicarita peak, the source of our water and the watershed, and being silent in nature. Participants include:
Celestino Chavez, Taos
RJ Chavez, Taos
Toribio Garcia, Chamisal
Joshua Rivera, Mora
Angel Martinez, Taos
Andrew Mascareñas, Urraca
Augustine Gonzales, Chamisal
Done Gonzales, Chamisal
James Duran, Chacon
Dominic Chavez, Taos
Mentor and chaperone Victor Mascareñas
Chaperone Reynaldo Santistevan
and
Mentor and chaperone Margarita Garcia.
A special thanks to The Center for Whole Communities in Vermont for helping to fund this backpacking trip. Additional thanks to Rocky Mountain Youth Corp in Taos for lending us backpacking equipment for this trip.
Theme music by Cipriano Vigil and this month’s musical selection, “Esperanza,” by the B-Side Players.
This show features a presentation by Lisa Robert to the Southwest Water class at the University of New Mexico on October 26, 2007. Lisa was editor of the New Mexico Water Dialogue for several years and has done much work on water issues in the Middle Rio Grande. In this show we dialogue about the Middle Rio Grande Basin, the San Juan-Chama diversion, and the connection between agriculture, surface water, and groundwater.
This show features a Sembrando Semillas workshop held on October 20, 2007 in Chamisal, New Mexico. In this program you can hear the Sembrando Semillas team learn how to make posole from blue corn. Featured in this show are:
Maximiliano Garcia: mentor in the making of posole.
Miguel Santistevan: recorder and interviewer.
Margaret Garcia: youth mentor.
Victor Mascareñas, Taos Sembrando Semillas mentor.
AND Youth participants:
RJ Chavez, Taos High School senior.
Juan Felipe Roybal, Peñasco High School junior.
Adam Casados, Peñasco High School.
Karen Mirabal, Taos college student.
Toribio Garcia, Peñasco High School junior.
Michael Fresquez, Peñasco High School.
Music by Cipriano Vigil and David Garcia y su conjunto.
This show features presentations from historian Robert Torres and Roberto Mondragon from an event held in Las Vegas, New Mexico on May 19, 2007. The event, entitled “Land: Resource, Right, Refuge” was sponsored by the City of Las Vegas Museum and the Friends of the Museum.
Robert Torres speaks about the archival evidence of agriculture in New Mexico and the establishment of the land grants.
Roberto Mondragon sings a song about agriculture and shares some history about the land grant he belongs to in Anton Chico.
This show could adequately be termed “Acequia Culture 101,” and features a presentation by Dr. Jose Rivera, sociology professor at the University of New Mexico and author of the book “Acequia Culture” published by UNM Press in 1998. The show gives a general overview of the history of the acequias, how they made their way to the upper Rio Grande, along with their cultural role and challenges.
This show covers a Farm Bill Forum that was held at Northern New Mexico College in Española on July 8, 2007. The forum was organized to inform people about the Farm Bill and how it affects us, as well as to hear peoples’ concerns about agriculture. The information from the Forum was to make recommendations to the New Mexico Congressional Delegation for Farm Bill policy. The Forum was organized with the support of: The New Mexico Acequia Association, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension, Northern New Mexico College, the American Friends Service Committee, the Traditional Native American Farmers’ Association, and the Northern New Mexico Stockman’s Association.
In this program you can hear:
- Paula Garcia, Executive Director of the NMAA.
- Lorenzo Valdez, County Manager of Rio Arriba County.
- Edmund Gomez of NMSU Cooperative Extension.
- Don Bustos of Santa Cruz Farms.
- Marcela Cruz of Santa Fe Farmers Market.
- Louie Hena of Tesuque Pueblo.
- Carlos Salazar of the Northern New Mexico Stockman’s Association.
- Gail Minton of Taos.
- Suzanne Walter of Taos.
- and Camila Bustamante of La Cienega.
Theme music by Cipriano Vigil. This month’s music by Los Lobos.
We finish listening to proceedings from the 2nd Annual Tierra, Agua, y Cultura conference, “Las Mujeres Hablan: Women, Seeds, and Agriculture,” on March 17, 2007. This conference was organized in collaboration with the New Mexico Acequia Association, the Traditional Native American Farmers’ Association, Tewa Women United, and Honor our Pueblo Existence. In this episode you will hear from a panel entitled about traditional foods and remedios with presenters:
- Serena Hena of Tesuque Pueblo.
- Donne Gonzales of Ojito.
- and Anna Mora Gutierrez Sisneros of lower San Pedro.
Also in this show is the reading of the Women’s Declaration from the Conference.
You can also hear some youth perspectives from the conference.
This month’s music is from “Singing Earth” by Xavier Quijas Yxayotl. Theme music by Cipriano Vigil.
We continue listening to proceedings from the 2nd Annual Tierra, Agua, y Cultura conference, “Las Mujeres Hablan: Women, Seeds, and Agriculture,” on March 17, 2007. This conference was organized in collaboration with the New Mexico Acequia Association, the Traditional Native American Farmers’ Association, Tewa Women United, and Honor our Pueblo Existence. In this episode you will hear from a panel entitled, “Caring for the Human seed-raising children on the land,” with presenters:
- Michele Peixino of Chimayo.
- Teofista & Marisela Chavez of Taos area.
- and Margaret Campos of Embudo.
This month’s music is by El Chicano. Theme music by Cipriano Vigil.
