New Mexico Acequia Association

Episode 12 of ¡Que Vivan las Acequias!

Listen to the Taos Sembrando Semillas team from our Harvest workshop held on September 22, 2006 with:

Martin Cardenas
James Archuleta
RJ Chavez
Margarita Garcia

Musica: “Viva la Raza” by The Latin Playboys, 1994.
Download episode: 12quevivan.mp3

Episode 11 of ¡Que Vivan las Acequias!

Listen to the Taos Sembrando Semillas team making capulin jelly on August 10, 2006 with:

Nicanor Ortega,
RJ Chavez,
Karen Mirabal,
Miguel Santistevan,
Elena Arguello, and
mentor Beatrice Tafoya

Musica: “Barrio Viejo” by Lalo Guerrero.
Download episode: 11quevivan.mp3

Episode 10 of ¡Que Vivan las Acequias!

Listen to the Mora Sembrando Semillas team taking cattle to the sierra (mountain pasture) in LeDoux, NM on July 22, 2006 with:

- Harold Trujillo (w/ Antonio Medina)
- DJ Duran, Diane Carillo, Christina Garcia (w/ Paula and Margarita)
- Antonio Medina
- Lucille Trujillo

Musica: “Nuevo Mejico Lindo y Querido” by Cipriano Vigil

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Episode 09 of ¡Que Vivan las Acequias!

Listen to proceedings from a Land, Water, & Culture Institute held at Highlands University on June 18-20, 2006 with presentations from:

Paula Garcia
Daniel Hearne
AnaLisa Campos
Estevan Flores

Music by: “Sacred Circle” by Aztlan Underground from the “Decolonize” release, 2001.
Download episode: 09quevivan.mp3

Episode 08 of ¡Que Vivan las Acequias!

Listen to experiences from a Sembrando Semillas Planting Workshop held in Taos on May 13, 2006 with:
- RJ Chavez, Johnny Sisneros, Karen Mirabal, Donne Gonzales, and Juanita Garcia
- coordinator Miguel Santistevan and youth mentor Margarita Garcia

Musica: Vicente Griego and Flamenco Xicano, live recording from NMCEI conference, June 3, 20006 and live recording of Dia de San Isidro pilgrimage in the South Valley of Albuquerque, May 20, 2006.

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Episode 07 of ¡Que Vivan las Acequias!

Listen to more proceedings from the NMAA’s and TNAFA’s Traditional Agriculture Conference in Alcalde on March 10 & 11, 2006
- Maximilliano Garcia – importance of seeds (in Spanish)

- Gilbert Naranjo – stories of seeds and crops

and Youth Interviews with:
- Karen Mirabal – experiences with acequias
- Toribio Garcia –first acequia cleaning

Musica: Taos Pueblo Tribal Songs from American Indian Soundchiefs, 1996 and “Tierra Olvidada” by Quinto Sol from Quetzalcoatl/Tezcatlipoca release.

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Episode 06 of ¡Que Vivan las Acequias!

Listen to proceedings from the New Mexico Acequia Association and Traditional Native American Farmers’ Association’s Traditional Agriculture Conference in Alcalde, March 10 & 11, 2006
- Estevan Arellano – role of seeds in community
- Clayton Brascoupe – issues around Genetic Engineering
Acequia Cleaning in Taos, March 31 and April 1, 2006
- Johnny Sisneros, RJ Chavez, Paul Trujillo, Karen Mirabal

Musica: from Xavier Quijas Yxayotl, “America Indigena” release, 1994.
Download episode: 06quevivan.mp3

Episode 05 of ¡Que Vivan las Acequias! aired March 2006.

Listen to a continuation of the Sembrando Semillas Seed Cleaning Workshop in Taos, NM on January 14, 2006 with:
- Miguel Santistevan – importance of seeds
- Antonio Medina – history of seeds

Musica: Butterfly Dance – San Juan Pueblo from “Music of the Native American Indians” on ARC records.

Download episode: 05quevivan.mp3

Episode 04 of ¡Que Vivan las Acequias! aired February 2006.
Listen to proceedings from a Sembrando Semillas Seed Cleaning Workshop in Taos, NM on January 14, 2006.

- Sembrando Semillas Youth interview Marino Rivera, Estevan Arellano, Lucille Trujillo, Eremita Campos, Antonio Medina, and Margarita Garcia about seeds, agriculture, and food.

Musica: “Los Activos” from the “Hasta los Huesos” release on Big Bang records.
Download episode: 04quevivan.mp3

Episode 03 of ¡Que Vivan las Acequias!

Listen to proceedings from:

- Youth Radio Town Hall with Angel Martinez
- Rio Arriba County Water conference with water rights lawyer David Benavides about legal protections for acequias.
- Youth interviews from Toribio and Juanita Garcia with reflections on the Bioneers conference & LouAnn Romero with personal experiences and hopes for acequias

Musica: “La Corrida” by Cipriano Vigil y su conjunto from “Musicos del Camino Real de Tierra Adentro” Volumen II. Conaculta – INAH 2000 and “Raza Es Raza” from Kinto Sol’s “Hecho En Mexico” release, 2003
Download episode: 03quevivan.mp3