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Make It Rain

Photograph by John McCauley “The earth is shaking / From our beating the basket drums” —Tewa song So much depends on rain. Native peoples throughout the Southwest pray for it, dance for it, build its…

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Meet Our State Bird

ON MARCH 16, 1949, the New Mexico Legislature named as our official state avian species the “Chaparral Bird,” aka Geococcyx californianus , aka the greater roadrunner. Longtime hero of Saturday morning…

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Jammin’ in Nuevo

Above: The band, Native Roots, Emmett "Shkeme" Garcia and John Williams. Photographs by Gabriella Marks. Listen to 101 songs by artists featured in our May issue with this Spotify playlist created by…

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Las Cruces' Artist Haven

Above: Saba, owner of Barricade Culture Shop in Las Cruces. Photograph by Douglas Merriam. “My superpower,” says Saba, owner of Barricade Culture Shop, in Las Cruces, “is as a graffiti writer.”…

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Four of New Mexico's Best Hikes

Above: La Ventana Arch in the El Malpais National Conservation Area, near Grants. Photograph by Efraín Padró /Alamy Stock Photo. New Mexico has 39 national wilderness areas. From desert hoodoos to…

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Why Music Is Just Different Here

Above: Robert Mirabal. Photograph by Kate Russell. Listen to 101 songs by New Mexico musicians featured in our May issue with this Spotify playlist created by Silver City's KURU DJ Mitch Hellman…

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