Box 1
Contains 12 Results:
Dominguita Abeyta
Abeyta (b. 1914) recalls growing up on her grandfather's ranch. Topics include herding cattle, cheese-making, food and medicinal herbs, school, pottery-making, feast days, deer hunting, sewing, gardening, and marriage.
Marie Vigil Dorame
Dorame (b. 1919) gives information about her genealogy and recalls her growing up years. Topics discussed include cheese-making, the village school, St. Catherine's boarding school, her World War II military service, a furlough, marriage and children, making pottery, and cattle.
Ignacia Duran
Duran (b. 1921) discusses her family and growing up on a farm. She also talks about school, hunting, corn and wheat crops, harvesting and threshing, pottery-making, pradators and pottery patterns, schools, and the Tewa and English languages.
James Hena
Hena (b. 1930) begins with information about his family and childhood recollections, then goes on to talk about agriculture, public school, military service in the Korean war era, marriage and family, service on the pueblo council, Los Alamos, working with federal agencies, establishing Navajo Community College, and Aspen Ranch.
J. Marvin Herrera
J. Marvin Herrera (b. 1935) talks about his father's family and growing up at the pueblo. Other subjects covered include transportation, working in the fields, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, recreation and hunting, wheat, irrigation, school, military service, and working in New Mexico.
Helen Herrera
Helen Herrera (b. 1934) recalls her grandparents, the early death of her father, wheat, cattle, St. Catherine's school, a trip to West Virginia in 1963, marriage and children, changes to the pueblo after World War II, Aspen Ranch, fiestas and celebrations, work at the moccasin factory, and pottery.
Rumaldo Herrera
Rumaldo Herrera (b. 1903) details his genealogy and talks about farming, hunting, cattle, irrigation, harvesting, and working on the railroad. He also talks about pottery and beadwork.
Virginia Romero Leno
Leno (b. 1909) describes her mother and grandparents and the location of their farm. She also talks about crops, farm work, cattle and horses, her father and his family, pottery making, marriage and children, housing, irrigation, canning and breadmaking, and teaching her grandchildren Tewa.
Grace Mora
Mora (b. 1921) discusses her family and growing up at the pueblo. She also talks about making drums, gathering wheat, livestock, herding cattle and storing food, a blindness in the family, school and work experiences, and her husband and children.
Caroline C. Padilla
Padilla (b. 1913) describes her parents and grandparents. Other topics covered include farming, crops, school, St. Catherine's, pottery making, marriage, her husband's employment, clay and pottery, and moccasin beadwork.
Joe A. Pino
Joe Pino (b. 1932) talks about his parents and grandparents, and the location of their farm. He also discusses crops, food storage, St. Catherine's and St. Michael's schools, the death of his father, military service, witnessing an atomic bomb blast, hunting, feasts and celebrations, and the Tewa language.
Lorenzo Pino
Lorenzo Pino (b. 1905) was born in the pueblo and lived their his entire life. He talks about his childhood and schooling, farming, herding cattle and sheep, hunting deer in the Aspen Ranch area, fishing, herbal lore, tanning hides, and the Chupadero and Rio en Medio areas.