(Martínez) Pacheco, Téofila / López Rodríguez, Eufelia (Las Truchas) - cousins

Authors

1 of 9

Document Type

Audio

Publication Date

1971

Comments

Songs, poems, cuentos, prayers, and the good reputation of the interviewee's sister who was a midwife and who used the healing power of yerbas in Peñasco, Truchas, Chimayó, y el Rito. Second person interviewed: conversation with one of A. Lopez' aunts about las fiestas de Santa Ana, rodeos, peleas de gallos, bailes, músicos, friendships and visits from native persons [indios] from San Juan and Santa Ana Pueblos. Indian fiestas and the Native Americans' custom to open their houses and share a feast with friends and visitors. Las costumbres de los casorios [wedding customs] in las Truchas. Lifeways: men used to go to work out of the town Her husband used to go for seasonal work in Yuta. Women used to work the land. Farming was a community task; all relatives and neighbors used to help each other with the work in the field and the animals. Common skills learned in childhood: spinning the sheep wool into yarn, clean it and weaving; weeding the crops, taming the horses; wearing black for mourning beloved people who passed away. Poverty and the basic structure of the houses, the politics of social welfare and industrialization which have made people lazy and alcoholic. Telling she did not go to school because his parents wanted her to help with chores at the ranch. Looking at pictures of her and her family at the ranch making Tewa shoes.

Recommended Citation

Interview of Téofila Pacheco de Martínez and Eufelia López Rodríguez, 1971, Alejandro López Papers (MSS 943), Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections, University Libraries, University of New Mexico