Pueblo de Abiquiú Library & Cultural Center

This essay originally appeared on the Manitos Digital Resolana, a blog site meant to reconnect, recollect, record, and reflect on the shared cultural heritage of manitos, as people from rural northern New Mexico and southern Colorado call themselves. In this entry, Miguel Tórrez discusses a genealogy project he undertook in which he helped three friends with surnames Espinosa trace their family lineage. Using Y-DNA, Tórrez traced the Espinosa name back to the 1695 colonists Nicolás de Espinosa and Josefa de la Cruz, as well as the migration of the Espinoza family throughout the country.

This essay originally appeared on the Manitos Digital Resolana, a blog site meant to reconnect, recollect, record, and reflect on the shared cultural heritage of manitos, as people from rural northern New Mexico and southern Colorado call themselves. In this entry, Mary Anne Pentis and June Espinosa Rosales discuss the life of Hipólito Espinosa, their great great grandfather. Espinosa was one of the first colonists to arrive in Alta California from New Mexico via the Old Spanish Trail.

This essay originally appeared on the Manitos Digital Resolana, a blog site meant to reconnect, recollect, record, and reflect on the shared cultural heritage of manitos, as people from rural northern New Mexico and southern Colorado call themselves. In this entry, Miguel Tórrez, a genetic genealogist, details his time working with the Pueblo de Abiquiú on a project to offer insight into the historical and contemporary context of the genízaro using oral history and DNA.

This essay originally appeared on the Manitos Digital Resolana, a blog site meant to reconnect, recollect, record, and reflect on the shared cultural heritage of manitos, as people from rural northern New Mexico and southern Colorado call themselves. In this entry, archivist Samuel Sisernos recalls how the baptismal, marriage and burial registers (1777-1861) from the Mission Church of Santo Tomás Apóstol de Abiquiú ended up at the Center for Southwest Research in Albuquerque and, following rehousing and documentation, then to the Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (AASF).

Abiquiu Archaeology, episode 1 is the first in a series of short videos documenting the Berkeley-Abiquiú Collaborative Archaeology Project (BACA), a community archaeology field project conducted during the summer of 2014 on behalf of the the Merced del Pueblo Abiquiú Land Grant and el Pueblo de Abiquiú Library and Cultural Center by UC Berkeley Archaeologists led by Dr. Jun Sunseri. The overall goal of the BACA project was to illuminate the history of Abiquiú as a Genízaro place where indigenous people who were captured or sold into indentured servitude and their descendants were relocated and organized into Spanish Colonial communities. Episode 1 documents success in locating and excavating an historic well. The video was professionally produced by New Mexico Video Services of Española and features Jun Sunseri, student volunteer Daniel Reyes, and community historian David Lopez.

Abiquiu Archaeology, episode 2 is the second in a series of short videos documenting the Berkeley-Abiquiú Collaborative Archaeology Project (BACA), a community archaeology field project conducted during the summer of 2014 on behalf of the the Merced del Pueblo Abiquiú Land Grant and el Pueblo de Abiquiú Library and Cultural Center by UC Berkeley Archaeologists led by Dr. Jun Sunseri. The overall goal of the BACA project was to illuminate the history of Abiquiú as a Genízaro place where indigenous people who were captured or sold into indentured servitude and their descendants were relocated and organized into Spanish Colonial communities. Episode 2 documents success in excavating an historic room block with a cooking area containing pottery artifacts and a second space containing tool making artifacts. The video was professionally produced by New Mexico Video Services of Española and features Jun Sunseri, student volunteer Daniel Reyes, and community historian David Lopez.

Abiquiu Archaeology, episode 3 is the third in a series of short videos documenting the Berkeley-Abiquiú Collaborative Archaeology Project (BACA), a community archaeology field project conducted during the summer of 2014 on behalf of the the Merced del Pueblo de Abiquiú Land Grant and el Pueblo de Abiquiú Library and Cultural Center by UC Berkeley Archaeologists led by Dr. Jun Sunseri. The overall goal of the BACA project was to illuminate the history of Abiquiú as a Genízaro place where indigenous people who were captured or sold into indentured servitude and their descendants were relocated and organized into Spanish Colonial communities. Episode 3 documents the mapping of the archaeological site. The video was professionally produced by New Mexico Video Services of Española and features Dr. Heather Anderson and community historian David Lopez.

Abiquiu Archaeology, episode 4 is the forth in a series of short videos documenting the Berkeley-Abiquiú Collaborative Archaeology Project (BACA), a community archaeology field project conducted during the summer of 2014 on behalf of the the Merced del Pueblo de Abiquiú Land Grant and el Pueblo de Abiquiú Library and Cultural Center by UC Berkeley archaeologists led by Dr. Jun Sunseri. The overall goal of the BACA project was to illuminate the history of Abiquiú as a Genízaro place where indigenous people who were captured or sold into indentured servitude and their descendants were relocated and organized into Spanish Colonial communities. Episode 4 documents the excavation. The video was professionally produced by New Mexico Video Services of Española and features Jun Sunseri, student volunteer Dominich Reyes, and community historian David Lopez.

Abiquiu Archaeology, episode 5 is the fifth in a series of short videos documenting the Berkeley-Abiquiú Collaborative Archaeology Project (BACA), a community archaeology field project conducted during the summer of 2014 on behalf of the the Merced del Pueblo de Abiquiú Land Grant and el Pueblo de Abiquiú Library and Cultural Center by UC Berkeley Archaeologists led by Dr. Jun Sunseri. The overall goal of the BACA project was to illuminate the history of Abiquiú as a Genízaro place where indigenous people who were captured or sold into indentured servitude and their descendants were relocated and organized into Spanish Colonial communities. Episode 5 documents sums up the significance of Abiquiú to American and New Mexican history, and the significance of the project to the community and those who participated. The video was professionally produced by New Mexico Video Services of Española and features Jun Sunseri, UC Berkeley student Shelby Medina, local student volunteer Dominich Reyes, and community historian David Lopez.

Abiquiú Forum is a video recording of the community meeting help at the culmination of the Berkeley-Abiquiú Collaborative Archaeology Project (BACA), a community archaeology field project conducted during the summer of 2014 on behalf of the the Merced del Pueblo de Abiquiú Land Grant and el Pueblo de Abiquiú Library and Cultural Center by UC Berkeley Archaeologists led by Dr. Jun Sunseri. The overall goal of the BACA project was to illuminate the history of Abiquiú as a Genízaro place where indigenous people who were captured or sold into indentured servitude and their descendants were relocated and organized into Spanish Colonial communities.