Martinez, Micaela / Nick & Miguela (Monte Aplanado, NM), part 2

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7-8-1994

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[In video collection] Continued: the reason why the neighboring community was named 'El Abuelo' and common uses of the words 'El Abuelo' to scare children that misbehaved or threw tantrums. Talking about her children and their families. Nick Martinez talks about his memories of the ranch when his father used to harvest wheat and how they exchanged the grain for flour and bran to feed the hogs. Memories of his childhood in a small pond where he and other boys used to play and swim. He and his siblings used to help his father with the 'cuartones' [cutting the rough lumbers into beams for sale]. Micaela's grand daughter talks about a contest in the school. Nick continues talking about how to build a bathroom inside his sister's house and some renovations her house needs but they need funding from the social programs that the local authority provides in the county. Nick remembers his time working in an ice house in Laramie Wyoming and his learning of an indigenous language with other workers who were Native American. Memories of his time working in the mines back in New Mexico. Micaela remembers that her mother used to take care of the ranch as her father went out for seasonal work, techniques they used to preserve vegetables and fruit for the winter season. Preparation of 'carne seca' [meat jerky], her parents used to travel to the downtown area to get chili, potatoes, and other products they did not grow. Explaining how they make straw brooms, quilted blankets and Mexican soap. The process to make soap, she shows the interviewer crochet table clothes, flowers, rugs, and a goat wool blanket she wove when she was young.  She and her daughter are very skillful at arts and crafts.

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