New Mexico Acequia Association

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

Episode 02 of ¡Que Vivan las Acequias!

Listen to proceedings from the Rio Arriba County Water conference held on Saturday, November 19, 2005 with:
- Alfredo Montoya - introduction and background
- Paula Garcia – policy aspects of acequias

Musica: from Disc 3 of “La Musica de los Viejitos” by Cipriano Vigil

Download episode: 02quevivan.mp3

Episode 01 of ¡Que Vivan las Acequias!

Listen to proceedings from the Bioneers conference held in Albuquerque in October 2005 with:
- Miguel Santistevan – history/ecology of acequias
- RJ Chavez – historical background of Acequias
- Paula Garcia – presentation at Bioneers 2005 in Taos
- Margarita Garcia – presentation at Bioneers 2005 in Albuquerque

Musica: “La Corrida” by Cipriano Vigil y su conjunto from “Musicos del Camino Real de Tierra Adentro” Volumen II
Download episode: 01quevivan.mp3