An Art Review of the St. Francis Murals The influence of St. Francis of Assisi upon religion, art, literature, music, discovery, science and politics is written large in history. His is the voice that ushered in the Renaissance six hundred years ago. The life of the gentle saint, his…
Navajo Chief married to Juanita. By Valerie Rangel Sponsored by the Paul C. S. Carpenter History Project and funded by the King/Carpenter Charitable Trust Manuelito was a respected leader who resisted foreign domination and led the Navajo resistance as a War Chief against U.S. Military efforts to remove Navajos…
Maria Benitez dancer and co-founder, with her husband Cecilio, of the Maria Benitez Teatro Flamenco. By Valerie Rangel Sponsored by the Paul C. S. Carpenter History Project and funded by the King/Carpenter Charitable Trust A native New Mexican, María Benítez is best known for the company co-founded with her…
Santa Fe's Community Theatre by Mary Austin As appeared in El Palacio, Vol. VI, no. 2 (January 18, 1919): 26-27. WHAT is the Community Theatre Movement? So far as I have been able to discover the Community Theatre movement originated in the mining districts of California, in the small…
By Mary Austin The performance of Hiawatha by the young people of the Santa Fe Indian School, on Thursday the twelfth of June, was the sort of public service that one wishes could be expected oftener from the Indian Schools throughout the country. It was regrettable, of course, that Indians…
Short bio of writer, activist and feminist, Mary Austin. Mary Hunter Austin was born on September 9, 1868 in Carlinville, Illinois (the fourth of six children) to George and Susannah (Graham) Hunter. She graduated from Blackburn College in 1888. For 17 years she made a special study of Indian…
Remembrances of Judge Daniel A. Macpherson, Jr. and the twenty-five dollar black eye. By Stan Sager Albuquerque. April, 1960. The summons came by phone. “Judge Macpherson would like to see you for a few minutes,” said the woman’s voice. “Sure. What day and time works for the judge?” I…
This is a true story of Concepción, a Navajo woman who was stolen from her people and forced to work as a slave. Her strength and perserverance in the face of adversity holds her small family together as they transition from the Native American to nuevomexicano to American ways…
America's 1st Commercial Spaceport Blooms in the Desert By Leonard David SPACE.com’s Space Insider Columnist New Mexico's Spaceport America is no longer the stuff of fancy graphics. The scene is now one of bulldozers and other heavy equipment. Loads of asphalt and concrete are being spread. The initial phase…
Stories of Miguel Antonio Otero, his son, and grandson. By Mark Thompson Otero County, Colorado, founded in 1889 was named for the man most responsible for the creation of its principal town, La Junta—Miguel Antonio Otero. Otero County, New Mexico created in 1899, possibly to remove the area from…
