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“‘Even If You’Re Not Going To Plant, Use Your Water’: Forging Identity Through Cultural Practices”, Rafael A. Martínez, Froilán Orozco, Nancy C. Canales-Navarrete May 2021

“‘Even If You’Re Not Going To Plant, Use Your Water’: Forging Identity Through Cultural Practices”, Rafael A. Martínez, Froilán Orozco, Nancy C. Canales-Navarrete

Chamisa: A Journal of Literary, Performance, and Visual Arts of New Mexico and the Greater Southwest

The Pecos Valley Series is an oral history project developed over two years whose aim was to capture the cultural practices in agriculture and activism that is evident to the cultural identities of the northern New Mexico region. Participants include folks whose family genealogy has been tied to the Valley for hundreds of years, while also including transplant perspectives to demonstrate the complexity of placemaking. The Pecos Valley Series, was produced in what Nuevo Mexicano scholars term Querencia- a deep love for place and its history. These are themes and topics which are prevalent and relevant in defining the Southwest …


Julian Gunther Interview About Pandemic Life 2021, Kendra Chavez-Murphy May 2021

Julian Gunther Interview About Pandemic Life 2021, Kendra Chavez-Murphy

Oral Histories HIST300, Spring 2021

In this interview, Kendra Chavez-Murphy interviews classmate Julian Gunther about pandemic life. Topics range from: online school, music, and family health.


Steve's Oral History, Julian T. Gunther May 2021

Steve's Oral History, Julian T. Gunther

Oral Histories HIST300, Spring 2021

This is an oral history I conducted with my father, about growing up in the 50's and 60's with his grandfather being in a high up position in the mafia, and how it affected him, and his family.


Mckenna Johnston Oral History Interview 4/18/2021, Mckenna M. Johnston, Tony Atkinson, Cheri Atkinson May 2021

Mckenna Johnston Oral History Interview 4/18/2021, Mckenna M. Johnston, Tony Atkinson, Cheri Atkinson

Oral Histories HIST300, Spring 2021

No abstract provided.


Mckenna Johnston Oral History Interview 2/23/2021, Mckenna M. Johnston, Leo Williams May 2021

Mckenna Johnston Oral History Interview 2/23/2021, Mckenna M. Johnston, Leo Williams

Oral Histories HIST300, Spring 2021

No abstract provided.


Erik Warren Oral History Interview With Yvonne Warren April 2021, Phillip Erik Warren, Yvonne Marie Warren Apr 2021

Erik Warren Oral History Interview With Yvonne Warren April 2021, Phillip Erik Warren, Yvonne Marie Warren

Oral Histories HIST300, Spring 2021

Insight on teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic.


Interview With Maurus Chino Of Acoma Pueblo, Jennifer Marley Apr 2021

Interview With Maurus Chino Of Acoma Pueblo, Jennifer Marley

Oral Histories HIST300, Spring 2021

In this Interview, Maurus Chino talks about how he came to form the Southwest Indigenous Alliance, his protests against conquistador monuments, his trials and tribulations as an activist, and his opinions on the tensions between Pueblo People and Genizaros in New Mexico. Maurus offers words of wisdom and encouragement for young Pueblo people.


Phyllis Hammel Oral History Interview April 19th, 2021, Henry B. Hammel Apr 2021

Phyllis Hammel Oral History Interview April 19th, 2021, Henry B. Hammel

Oral Histories HIST300, Spring 2021

Oral History Interview with Phyllis Hammel.


1990'S Archdiocese Of Santa Fe Sex Abuse, Edgar Romero Ramos Apr 2021

1990'S Archdiocese Of Santa Fe Sex Abuse, Edgar Romero Ramos

Oral Histories HIST300, Spring 2021

In light of the sexual abuse allegations posed against Cardinal Theodore McCarrick in 2018; it seemed appropriate to delve into a deeper historical narrative regarding the first wave of sexual abuse allegations posed against the Archdiocese of Santa Fe.


Ashley Gurule Oral History Interview April 2021, Marisa Gurule Apr 2021

Ashley Gurule Oral History Interview April 2021, Marisa Gurule

Oral Histories HIST300, Spring 2021

This interview was with Ashley Gurule who is an elementary ESL teacher in North Carolina. This interview covers the topic of the current education system, and its struggles and victories over the past two years.


Grief Work With The Philly Death Doula Collective: An Oral History Project, Leo L. Williams Mar 2021

Grief Work With The Philly Death Doula Collective: An Oral History Project, Leo L. Williams

Oral Histories HIST300, Spring 2021

On March 25th, 2021 a Master’s student in American Studies (Leo Williams) at the University of New Mexico met with the Philly Death Doula Collective over Zoom. The current members of the collective are Lori Zaspel, Kai Wonder, and Nicki Cowan, social workers, and Death Doulas living in Philadelphia. In this oral history interview, the collective speaks to their vision of death care infrastructure, their goals and services as a collective, how COVID-19 has affected them, and their relationship to death positive activism.


Ella Anagick Oral History Interview Feb 2021, Holly Guise Feb 2021

Ella Anagick Oral History Interview Feb 2021, Holly Guise

Oral Histories HIST300, Spring 2021

Oral History interview with Ella Anagick about the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) school Mt. Edgecumbe High School in Alaska in the late 1960s.


Students Navigating Covid-19: An Oral History Project, Leo L. Williams Feb 2021

Students Navigating Covid-19: An Oral History Project, Leo L. Williams

Oral Histories HIST300, Spring 2021

McKenna Johnston and Leo Williams met over Zoom on February 23rd, 2021. At the time of the interview, New Mexico’s Bernalillo County had advanced to the Yellow COVID tier. It had been nearly a year since the COVID-19 pandemic had shifted the world to increasingly rely on virtual platforms. Since March 13th, 2020, McKenna had been participating in classes at the University of New Mexico over Zoom. In this interview, she speaks to her experience navigating the past year through virtual platforms.


Lorenzo Romero-Ramos Oral History Interview February 23rd, 2021, Henry B. Hammel Feb 2021

Lorenzo Romero-Ramos Oral History Interview February 23rd, 2021, Henry B. Hammel

Oral Histories HIST300, Spring 2021

Oral History Interview with Lorenzo Romero-Ramos


Henry Hammel, Edgar Romero Ramos Feb 2021

Henry Hammel, Edgar Romero Ramos

Oral Histories HIST300, Spring 2021

I had the pleasure of interviewing one of my classmates, Henry Hamal regarding his experience during the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. It was interesting to note that this event had a shunting effect on Henry’s emotional development, as he noted in his interview. It was helpful to see a different perspective regarding people’s ability to adapt, or not, to a global crisis.


Austin Thomas Oral History Interview February 2021, Marisa Gurule, Austin Thomas Feb 2021

Austin Thomas Oral History Interview February 2021, Marisa Gurule, Austin Thomas

Oral Histories HIST300, Spring 2021

This interview with Austin Thomas covered the COVID Pandemic. We specifically talked about the effects of COVID on him as a college student. Austin talks about the effects on his personal life and work life as well.


Kendra Murphy Interview - The Pandemic, Julian T. Gunther Feb 2021

Kendra Murphy Interview - The Pandemic, Julian T. Gunther

Oral Histories HIST300, Spring 2021

An interview with classmate Kendra Murphy. about how the pandemic affected Homelife and school.


Erik Warren Oral History Interview With Katrina Keller February 2021, Phillip Erik Warren, Katrina Keller Feb 2021

Erik Warren Oral History Interview With Katrina Keller February 2021, Phillip Erik Warren, Katrina Keller

Oral Histories HIST300, Spring 2021

Insight into how COVID-19 affected the life of a UNM Student living on campus.


Eric Warren Oral History Interview February 2021, Katrina Keller, P. Eric Warren Jan 2021

Eric Warren Oral History Interview February 2021, Katrina Keller, P. Eric Warren

Oral Histories HIST300, Spring 2021

Midterm oral history interview with student Eric Warren.


Dry-Land Farming, Jerry L. Williams Apr 2020

Dry-Land Farming, Jerry L. Williams

Homestead Geography Project - Oral Histories and Publications

Dry-land farming is a system of land use, crop management, and timing of operations that are designed to cope with the conditions of climate and rainfall of a semiarid land. Experiments began on dry-land techniques as early as the 1860s and the methods became well-known in the Great Plains by the end of the 1880s. A major component of dry farming, which is a term (along with dry-land farming) of western American origin, is the conservation of soil moisture during dry weather by special methods of tillage and plant adaptation. It is not farming without moisture, but farming where moisture …


Reasons For Vacating The Land, Jerry L. Williams Apr 2020

Reasons For Vacating The Land, Jerry L. Williams

Homestead Geography Project - Oral Histories and Publications

According to interview data, the mid droughts began very early. The first was in 1908 and 1909 followed by a low rainfall period of 1910 and 1911. These mild droughts were followed by another dry period in 1925 and 1926 and later by the dust bowl period of the mid-1930s. To experience even a mild drought was sufficient to weed out the land speculators who had little interest in farming the land. There were also a number of people who intended to farm, but arrived with insufficient funds to purchase the necessary equipment to produce enough surplus to ride through …


Subdividing The Public Lands: The Apportionment And Settlement Of Northeast New Mexico, Jerry L. Williams Apr 2020

Subdividing The Public Lands: The Apportionment And Settlement Of Northeast New Mexico, Jerry L. Williams

Homestead Geography Project - Oral Histories and Publications

The land of northeastern New Mexico, outside of the recognized title rights of the former Mexican citizens, became the public domain of the United States by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. This immediately allowed for US control over 10,000 square miles of land within the area east of the 105° meridian and north of a line roughly defined by Interstate 40 in Quay County and the boundary between San Miguel and Guadalupe counties. Portions of the northeast which were excluded from this public domain by the action of the Court of Private Land Claims between 1891 and 1904 …


Peopling The Northeast Plains, Jerry L. Williams Apr 2020

Peopling The Northeast Plains, Jerry L. Williams

Homestead Geography Project - Oral Histories and Publications

During the 1880s and the early part of the 1890s the cattle companies were continuing to hire ranch hands to prove up homesteads around water holes. At the same time the early farmers began to appear in the northeast, but not in the form of the sodbusters who were to later swarm over the highland llanos during the early part of the twentieth century. The early farmers were not labeled "nesters," which was the derogatory term coined by the stockmen for the people who turned small parcels of the grassland into fields and began erecting fences over the plains. The …


Natural Elements Of Northeastern New Mexico, Jerry L. Williams Apr 2020

Natural Elements Of Northeastern New Mexico, Jerry L. Williams

Homestead Geography Project - Oral Histories and Publications

Northeastern New Mexico is one of the most diverse natural landscapes in the state. Large volcanic vents dot the basalt flows that cap the piedmont surface, providing a very rugged horizon rather than the flat monotonous topography usually associated with the Great Plains of the United States. The dissected and rolling plains are broken by severely eroded canyons that have cut through the sandstone layers topped with caliche. In some areas where the major drainages confluence (such as the intersection of the Ute and Canadian or the Conchas and the Canadian) the narrow canyons broaden into extensive valleys characterized by …


Missouri Avenue On The Caprock, Jerry L. Williams Apr 2020

Missouri Avenue On The Caprock, Jerry L. Williams

Homestead Geography Project - Oral Histories and Publications

Lured by reports about grama grass that was so high it tickled the belly of a horse, the settlers poured onto the high plains of New Mexico during the first decade of the twentieth century. Boom towns began to sprout up along the sidings that the single-line railroads needed for intersecting trains and for locating maintenance crews. The towns especially blossomed if the siding was next to a highland area of prairie that appeared capable of dryland farming. The railroad companies, which were provided with large blocks of land to promote settlement, and the merchants of the new railroad towns …


Interviews With Pioneers, Jerry L. Williams Apr 2020

Interviews With Pioneers, Jerry L. Williams

Homestead Geography Project - Oral Histories and Publications

There are many first-generation pioneers still living in northeastern New Mexico. Most are over eighty years of age and several are nearing the century mark. Their recall of the era of farming is remarkable and it is fascinating to record the events which are firmly locked into their minds. Many decades have passed since their families abandoned the farm and the homestead and either migrated to urban areas for employment or remained on the land by converting to a cattle economy. When probed or reminded of events through the line of questioning, most interviewees would discourse with clear details and …


Homesteading And Public Land Law, Jerry L. Williams Apr 2020

Homesteading And Public Land Law, Jerry L. Williams

Homestead Geography Project - Oral Histories and Publications

It is important to the discussion of Butcher and Wyatt as homesteaders to understand the public land laws which affected their choice of land. Consequently, a review of the history of land legislation affecting the allocation and use of the public domain is in order and particularly that legislation under which Butcher and Wyatt made entry: the Homestead Act of 1862. Through this act early settlers around Tucumcari were able to acquire, at little expense, 160 acre tracts of land. In addition, the shortcomings and beneficial aspects of other acts of Congress concerning the acquisition of public domain will be …


Elements To Assist The Farmers And Promote Immigration, Jerry L. Williams Apr 2020

Elements To Assist The Farmers And Promote Immigration, Jerry L. Williams

Homestead Geography Project - Oral Histories and Publications

The purpose of this portion of the resource survey of the northeastern plains is to reconstruct the settlement phase which occurred between 1880 and 1940, the period generally referred to as the homesteading era. To reconstruct the 60 years of human settlement and resettlement required an extensive review of secondary information resources as well as a field project(?) oriented around the collection of data from primary information resources. Much of the information that was compiled was directed toward a mapping project of the northeastern plains which included the location of the places named by the settlers as well as identifying …


Decolonizing Playwriting Through Indigenous Ceremonial Performances, Jay B. Muskett May 2019

Decolonizing Playwriting Through Indigenous Ceremonial Performances, Jay B. Muskett

Theatre & Dance ETDs

This dissertation attempts to express the importance of storytelling within the Indigenous Theater framework. It does so by first analyzing the progression of the writer’s unique upbringing and analyzing the influences of story upon an indigenous identity. I will also attempt to describe the aesthetics of Native Theater along two lines of methodology which includes praxis described and developed by Hanay Geiogamah and Rolland Meinholtz. I will also explain how the script 1n2ian tries to follow those concepts of Native Theater to create a ceremonial performance that uses a blending of both methodologies.


Written And Oral Histories Of The Chicano Movement At New Mexico Highlands University, 1968-1970, Julianna C. Wiggins Apr 2019

Written And Oral Histories Of The Chicano Movement At New Mexico Highlands University, 1968-1970, Julianna C. Wiggins

Spanish and Portuguese ETDs

This thesis presents spoken, written, and drawn histories produced before the Chicano Movement at New Mexico Highlands University in November 1970 and the discourses which have followed in the movement’s wake fifty years later. This qualitative study explores the campus climate at NMHU using the student newspaper Highlands Candle. Its contents from 1968 until 1971 are contrasted with the multiple voices of a generation which adopted the term Chicano as a racial identifier into the NMHU vernacular. Social factors including the formation of student-of-color groups and the return of veterans from the Vietnam War appear to change the student …