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  Cuadernos volume II issue 2 - Verano Sol y Agua (Sun and Water)

  Volume Two, Issue Two of the Manitos Community Memory Project Cuaderno Series, a set of four booklets on the theme of food sovereignty, features the land-based Indo-Hispano culture of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado where natives often refer to themselves as Manitos--their shared history and culture, how they connect through traditional foodways, and how the changing seasons and weather give shape and meaning to the activities of daily life. Each issue focuses on one of the four seasons starting with Spring. The Summer issue focuses on the growing season of warm weather and long days, and tending and taking care of the crops. June 24th, Dia de San Juan Bautista, St. John the Baptist, is a day to celebrate water in the rivers, lakes, and acequias, the traditional communally owned and managed irrigation ditches used to distribute water to the fields. Some of the abundant crops are ready to be harvested and enjoyed during the summer months and some will not ripen until fall. Either way a portion is preserved through canning and pickling to carry through the winter. The issue concludes with several recipes.
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  Cuadernos volume II issue 1 - Primavera: Semillas y Viento

  Volume Two of the Manitos Community Memory Project Cuaderno Series, a set of four booklets on the theme of food sovereignty, features the land-based Indo-Hispano culture of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado where natives often refer to themselves as Manitos--their shared history and culture, how they connect through traditional foodways, and how the changing seasons and weather give shape and meaning to the activities of daily life. Each issue focuses on one of the four seasons starting with Spring. The Spring issue focuses on the planting season. It begins however with an acknowledgment of the devastating wildfires in Spring 2022 that impacted so many Manitos and their communities. To commemorate the fires the issue contains lyrics in Spanish and English to an original corrido composed by Jesús Cuauhtémoc Villa. A corrido is a popular narrative ballad form that is used to narrate stories of socially relevant topics including historical events. The Corrido Los Bomberos de Mora gives thanks to the brave volunteer firefighters from the village of Mora who refused to evacuate and were able to protect many homes and the morada, or chapel. Spring brings with it warming weather and a softening of the frozen soil that allows planting to begin. Traditional crops adapted to the semi-arid climate, often grown from seeds passed down from generation-to-generation, include corn, squash, and beans–the three sisters–along with chile, onion, and garlic, the main ingredients to many traditional dishes. May 15th is Dia de San Isidro Labrador, the patron saint of farmers, and across the region celebrations take place in fields, many irrigated in the traditional way by communally owned and managed acequias or ditches that distribute water to the crops. The issue concludes with three family recipes.
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  Cuadernos volume I issue 3 - La Curandera

  The year 2020 was defined by the COVID-19 global pandemic, which decimated many Manito families and communities. In response, the Manito Community Memory Project (MCMP), with support from the American Recovery Act, National Endowment for the Humanities, initiated a series of publications, designed and illustrated by two MCMP graphic design interns, to help Manitos address the trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic through connection to their history, cultural heritage, and to each other. The cuaderno format pays homage to the small journals or notebooks traditionally used by Manitos to record all kinds of information. La Curandera, Volume One, Issue Three of the publication series, lists twenty curanderas, traditional healers, and reprints an edited excerpt from a story collected by Lou Sage Batchen in 1940 in Placitas, New Mexico, as part of the Federal Writers’ Project. The cuaderno connects the COVID-19 crisis to traditional healing practices that center on the curative properties of local herbs and medicinal plants and honors the important role of traditional healers to their communities. The cover image depicts a curandera in the foreground holding a basket with herbs picked from her garden. In the background is her traditional adobe home with an herb drying rack set against a backdrop of a field of herbs and the mountains of the Taos Valley, all framed within a border of blue flowers.
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  Cuadernos volume I issue 2 - Narrating Death

  The year 2020 was defined by the COVID-19 global pandemic, which decimated many Manito families and communities. In response, the Manito Community Memory Project (MCMP), with support from the American Recovery Act, National Endowment for the Humanities, initiated a series of publications, designed and illustrated by two MCMP graphic design interns, to help Manitos address the trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic through connection to their history, cultural heritage, and to each other. Narrating Death, Volume One, Issue Two of the publication series, reprints twenty obituaries in Spanish with English translation, that were published on November 22,1918 in the weekly Spanish language newspaper La Revista de Taos, connecting the COVID-19 crisis to the story of the 1918 global influenza pandemic known as the Spanish flu. The cuaderno format pays homage to the small journals or notebooks traditionally used by Manitos to record all kinds of information. The cover image of Narrating Death depicts a periodista, a Spanish language journalist, working at his desk on a typewriter in a newspaper office that includes a printing press. The image honors the importance to their communities of Spanish-language journalists who published local newspapers and their role in protecting the language and unique cultural identity of Manitos against the forces of assimilation that began when New Mexico became a territory of the United States in 1848. The image is bordered by lavender flowers from a drought-tolerant and sun-loving plant that is well-adapted to the region.
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  Cuadernos volume I issue 1 - Nombrando la Muerte - Dispatches from Taos County, 1918

  The year 2020 was defined by the COVID-19 global pandemic which decimated many Manito families and communities. In 2020, the Manito Community Memory Project (MCMP), with support from the American Recovery Act, National Endowment for the Humanities, initiated a series of publications, designed and illustrated by two MCMP graphic design interns, to help Manitos address the trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic through connection to their history, cultural heritage, and to each other. Nombrando la Muerte, Issue One, Volume One of the publication series, reprints lists of names of the dead that were published in November and December 1918 in the weekly Spanish language newspaper La Revista de Taos, connecting the COVID-19 crisis to the story of the 1918 global influenza pandemic known as the Spanish flu. The cuadernos format pays homage to the small journals or notebooks traditionally used by Manitos to record all kinds of information. The cover image of Nombrando la Muerte depicts Doña Sebastiana, or La Muerte, is widely-recognized by Manitos as a female personification of death. Her skeletal figure, usually carved from wood, is dressed in a shroud and armed with a bow and arrow. She rides in a two-wheeled carreta de la muerte, or death cart. In the background of the cover image lies the Taos Valley landscape dotted by traditional adobe houses at the foot of the majestic mountains. The central image is surrounded by a border of red hollyhocks, flowers beloved for their colorful blooms that flourish in gardens throughout the region despite the arid climate and poor soil. Hollyhocks and other local flora decorate the pages throughout the cuaderno.
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  Sandstorm yearbook from the Menaul School, 1985

  Yearbook created by the students of The Menaul School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1985. This edition features photographs of the school grounds, faculty, and students, as well as drawings, and local advertisements. 127 pages total.
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  Sandstorm yearbook from the Menaul School, 1984

  Yearbook created by the students of The Menaul School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1984. This edition features photographs of the school grounds, faculty, and students, as well as drawings, and local advertisements. 125 pages total.
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  Sandstorm yearbook from the Menaul School, 1983

  Yearbook created by the students of The Menaul School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1983. This edition features photographs of the school grounds, faculty, and students, as well as drawings, and local advertisements. 125 pages total.
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  Sandstorm yearbook from the Menaul School, 1982

  Yearbook created by the students of The Menaul School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1982. This edition features photographs of the school grounds, faculty, and students, as well as drawings, and local advertisements. 128 pages total.
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  Sandstorm yearbook from the Menaul School, 1981

  Yearbook created by the students of The Menaul School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1981. This edition features photographs of the school grounds, faculty, and students, as well as drawings, and local advertisements. 121 pages total.
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  Sandstorm yearbook from the Menaul School, 1980

  Yearbook created by the students of The Menaul School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1980. This edition features photographs of the school grounds, faculty, and students, as well as drawings, and local advertisements. 129 pages total.
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  Sandstorm yearbook from the Menaul School, 1979

  Yearbook created by the students of The Menaul School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1979. This edition features photographs of the school grounds, faculty, and students, as well as drawings, and local advertisements. 129 pages total.
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  Sandstorm yearbook from the Menaul School, 1978

  Yearbook created by the students of The Menaul School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1978. This edition features a dedication, photographs of the school grounds, faculty, and students, as well as local advertisements. 129 pages total.
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  Sandstorm yearbook from the Menaul School, 1977

  Yearbook created by the students of The Menaul School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1977. This edition features photographs of the school grounds, faculty, and students, as well as local advertisements. 138 pages total.
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  Sandstorm yearbook from the Menaul School, 1976

  Yearbook created by the students of The Menaul School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1976. This edition features a dedication, school history, photographs, a list of the students and faculty, athletics and academic organizations, and local advertisements. 134 pages total.
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  Sandstorm yearbook from the Menaul School, 1975

  Yearbook created by the students of The Menaul School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1975. This edition features a dedication, photographs, a list of the students and faculty, athletics and academic organizations, and local advertisements. 133 pages total.
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  Sandstorm yearbook from the Menaul School, 1974

  Yearbook created by the students of The Menaul School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1974. This edition features a dedication, photographs, a list of the students and faculty, athletics and academic organizations, and local advertisements. 129 pages total.
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  Sandstorm yearbook from the Menaul School, 1973

  Yearbook created by the students of The Menaul School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1973. This edition features a dedication, photographs, a list of the students and faculty, athletics and academic organizations, and local advertisements. 130 pages total.
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  Sandstorm yearbook from the Menaul School, 1972

  Yearbook created by the students of The Menaul School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1972. This edition features a dedication, photographs, a list of the students and faculty, athletics and academic organizations, and local advertisements. 126 pages total.
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  Sandstorm yearbook from the Menaul School, 1971

  Yearbook created by the students of The Menaul School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1971. This edition features a dedication, photographs, a list of the students and faculty, athletics and academic organizations, index, and local advertisements. 129 pages total.
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  Sandstorm yearbook from the Menaul School, 1970

  Yearbook created by the students of The Menaul School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1970. This edition features a dedication, photographs, a list of the students and faculty, athletics and academic organizations, index, and local advertisements. 128 pages total.
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  Sandstorm yearbook from the Menaul School, 1969

  Yearbook created by the students of The Menaul School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1969. This edition features a dedication, photographs, a list of the students and faculty, athletics and academic organizations, index, and local advertisements. 130 pages total.
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  Sandstorm yearbook from the Menaul School, 1968

  Yearbook created by the students of The Menaul School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1968. This edition features a dedication, photographs, a list of the students and faculty, athletics and academic organizations, index, and local advertisements. 128 pages total.
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  Sandstorm yearbook from the Menaul School, 1967

  Yearbook created by the students of The Menaul School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1967. This edition features a dedication, photographs, a list of the students and faculty, athletics and academic organizations, index, and local advertisements. 133 pages total.
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  Sandstorm yearbook from the Menaul School, 1966

  Yearbook created by the students of The Menaul School, Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1966. This edition features a dedication, photographs, a list of the students and faculty, athletics and academic organizations, and local advertisements. 117 pages total.