Looking forward to the Pueblo Powwow this evening. What an opportunity!
Friday, July 12, 2013
Taos!!!
Visited Millicent Rogers Museum today. Grateful for people with vision; as she certainly was.
Taos Energy and beauty, Picuris, and Rio Grande Gorge
So much beauty and history in Northern New Mexico. High roads, low roads, back roads, and buffalo.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Every day- I learn!
Grateful for a horse ride on Native lands, a wonderful horse, and a great guide. Constantly thinking about "time and continuity" and how to connect what I live and learn in northern New Mexico with my students this coming school year. (The insect pictured is called "little skunk" because it gets up on its hind legs when it feels threatened and sprays you. Your shoes and feet will stink for a long time.)
Horseback Riding at Taos Pueblo Horse Ranch
Awesome ride today on Taos Pueblo lands. We got a bit of rain but it felt refreshing. My horse's name was Rose and Ms. Otero's was Dunny. We even got to see where a tornado whipped through several years ago.
Monday, July 8, 2013
Three Pueblos Today
We visited Ohkay Owinge also known as San Juan Pueblo. It is headquarters to the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council. Went on a tour of the Puye Cliffs owned and on the Santa Clara Reservation. Family homes of ancient ancestors were three stories high and long. Visited San Idelfonso Pueblo where black on black, matte finish pottery is made, developed by tribes woman, Maria Martínez.
Puye Cliffs on Santa Clara Pueblo Land
We took a tour of the Puye Cliffs where Santa Clara Puebloans lived for hundreds of years. We explored the top of the Mesa where the ruins of their 3-story dwellings survive today. They lived on top of the Mesa in the summer and in the cave dwellings during the winter. They created a reservoir to store water and even used a simple but effective water filtration system for drinking water. Simply incredible.
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