Box 2
Contains 13 Results:
Marie Felix Quinlivan
Quinlivan (b. 1930) details her genealogy and recalls growing up in the pueblo. She discusses school, her relatives in Santa Clara, fiestas and feast days, work at Los Alamos, meeting her husband, Aspen Ranch, wild donkeys, working on the farm, storing food, making soap, harvesting, changes in the pueblo, hiking, and her Tewa name.
Eliliana Romero Samuel
Samuel (b. 1907) talks about farming, selling wood, schooling, pottery, travel to other pueblos, experiences during World War II, her children, and her Tewa name.
Camilio Suazo
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.
Teresa Tapia
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.
Eligio Vigil
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.
Joe G. Vigil
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.
Marcus Vigil
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.
Marie Veronica Vigil
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.
Paul Vigil
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.
Priscilla Vigil
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.
Vicenta Vigil
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.
Tesuque Geography, 1992
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.
Mapping
Marcus Vigil, Jose Pino, Vicki Downey, Sue Dorame, Earl Samuel, and Floyd O'Neil gather in the map room and discuss geographical features, land use, and Tewa place names.