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Box 2

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Contains 13 Results:

Camilio Suazo

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents Suazo (b. 1920) details his genealogy and talks about farming, hunting, and going to both the Santa Fe Indian School and St. Catherine's School. During World War II, he was inducted into the army and shipped to Iran, where the army was shipping supplies to Russia. After his discharge, he received carpentry training.
Dates: 1992-1993

Teresa Tapia

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents Tapia (b. 1930) recalls his childhood, when his grandfather was governor of the pueblo. He talks about making and selling pottery, farming, work at Los Alamos, and his marriage and children.
Dates: 1992-1993

Eligio Vigil

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents Eligio Vigil (b. 1927) talks about his childhood at the pueblo before being sent to St. Catherine's boarding school. He graduated from St. Michael's and was inducted into the army during the Korean war. After the war he returned to the pueblo; got married, had children, and worked at the department of motor vehicles before returning to farming. He also talks about tribal governmnet, the closeness of the tribe, and the prosperity of the pueblo.
Dates: 1992-1993

Joe G. Vigil

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents Joe Vigil (b. 1919) recalls his childhood, schooling, working at Los Alamos and in Texas, marriage and family, hunting, and trapping birds. Other topics include the Lost Tesque Pueblo Map, serving as governor, water issues, harvesting, and his employment after serving as governor.
Dates: 1992-1993

Marcus Vigil

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents Marcus Vigil (b. 1908) recalls his parents, grandparents, and farming by Camel Rock. He discusses crops, cattle, wheat, irrigation, cattle, hunting, schooling, military service, and working at the Indian School.
Dates: 1992-1993

Marie Veronica Vigil

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents Marie Vigil (b. 1926) details her genealogy and recalls her early life. She talks about her grandparents, pottery, livestock, schooling, and her husband. She also describes her marriage, a job at Los Alamos, Aspen Ranch, her job with a physician, the illness of her mother, and babysitting her grandchildren.
Dates: 1992-1993

Paul Vigil

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents Paul Vigil (b. 1932) talks about his grandparents and their farm, raising cows, Aspen Ranch, hunting, his schooling, marriages, serving on the tribal council, and coming home to Tesuque.
Dates: 1992-1993

Priscilla Vigil

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents Priscilla Vigil (b. 1919) discusses her family, raising wheat, vegetables and fruits, school, her marriage, World War II, changes in Tesuque after the war, dairy products and poultry, and the Tewa language.
Dates: 1992-1993

Vicenta Vigil

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents Vicenta Vigil (b. 1905) recalls her father's farm in the Camel Rock area. She talks about her relatives, helping on the farm, growing apples, a dairy herd, making tamales and tortillas, storing food, marriage and family, and making pottery and other crafts to support St. Catherine's school.
Dates: 1992-1993

Tesuque Geography, 1992

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents Marcus Vigil, Joe G. Vigil, and Jose Pino discuss the area surrounding Tesuque Pueblo, giving the Tewa names of geographical features and recalling some of the historical land usage.
Dates: 1992