Tenorio, Demetria (Albuquerque, NM), part 2
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Publication Date
6-20-1984
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Atrisco Oral History Project (MSS 565), Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections, University Libraries, University of New Mexico.
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Born in 1908. Memories of her youth years in Atrisco, not many people in her neighborhood. Most of la Merced de Atrisco was open land for farming and grazing the sheep. She attended a school in la casa del maestro Salazar for the first grade then they moved to Arizona and she went to school in Flagstaff. When her family returned to Atrisco, the Atrisco school had been established around 1918. Her father had to go out of state for seasonal work to better provide his family. Her father used to work in the copper mines in Gallup. Her father used to grow green chile, melons, and other produce when he was not out of town. Memories of her childhood playing with plants and clay as there were not toys. The influence of TV on the behavior of youths and people in the current time. Due to the predominance of large agricultural fields and ranches in Atrisco, the original name of the area was Ranchos de Atrisco. When the first 'estafeta' [Post Office] was established in a local store owned by José Armijo, the town name changed to Armijo. Memories of how farmers used to shear the sheep. Affluent people used to own large herds of sheep. La esquila de las ovejas en los hijaderos [ahijaderos= open range]. Land loss and control of the Merced by the county authority. People in the Atrisco Merced were very respectful and peaceful. Later the Americans moved into the area, the urban development managed by the Albuquerque corporation and a big flood reduced the Merced and the original Plaza de Atrisco disappeared. The land rights under the regulations of the Comisionados de la Merced de Atrisco. The power of the comisionados. The change of the town of Atrisco into a corporation which promised the land owners benefits [as share holders] and development, but she says the area has not seen major progress. Religious practices among the people in Atrisco: cantaban alabados y decían dichos. Historia del hombre que pintó el cuadro de la Ultima Cena. Adivinanzas and more dichos.