Lara, Juanita, (Rancho de Los Vigiles, NM), part 1

Authors

140 2. 019.1

Document Type

Audio

Publication Date

1985

Comments

Discussion topics: Conversation about family and neighbors, she starts talking about herself at 3:25 min of recording with some technical noises: nació en un racho, Rancho de los Vigiles cerca de Holman. Las comidas de antes, farming wheat, potatoes. Purchasing clothes and the dressing styles at the time. Herbal remedies, means of transportation: by mule and horse. Indios apaches used to attack their settlement when she was a child. Stories about brujas, los penitentes, antes la gente era muy amable, todos eran una familia, todos se ayudaban. No había envidias todos eran una familia. Later, she moved to las Vegas with her husband, she is 94 years old.

Recommended Citation

Anselmo Arellano collection (MSS 1140), Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections, University Libraries, University of New Mexico