The Mother Road’s Indigenous History
THEY CALLED THE ROAD “MOTHER.” But mothers, I’ve learned, are complicated. They bring us from one world into another, they guide us, and they thrust us into the future, even when it’s uncertain. IN…
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Tag: Laguna Pueblo
Walking with Willa Cather
THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS SEEMED to dare her to write about them. The literary allure was in their potent name, meaning “the Blood of Christ.” It evoked the saturated hue that flushed over them…
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100 Years of Route 66 in New Mexico
THE ORIGIN STORY When Route 66 officially opened on November 11, 1926, the roughly 2,448-mile highway linking Chicago and Los Angeles was pieced together from a patchwork of existing, mostly unpaved…
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Gallup's Route 66 Adventure
AUTHENTIC NATIVE JEWELRY, rugs, and pottery displayed in the windows of trading posts, galleries, and shops along Route 66 in downtown Gallup let travelers know that they’ve arrived at the Gateway to…
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A Brief Timeline of Native History
850: First great houses built at Pueblo Bonito and Una Vida in Chaco Canyon. 1050: Chaco culture reaches its height. 1068–1072: First Chacoan structures built at what is now called Salmon Ruins. 1105:…
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Marla Allison Colors New Worlds
“I AM FROM LAGUNA PUEBLO, so I paint Laguna Pueblo,” says Marla Allison, though her influences span from Hopi and Laguna pottery designs to the modernism of Paul Klee and Pablo Picasso. Art lovers in…
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Flower Child
LIKE THE PUFFY CLUSTERS of yarrow flowers that blossom during the summer, Shayai Lucero (Laguna Pueblo) is a rare delight. As the owner of Earth & Sky Floral Designs, she is among the very small…
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Healing Waters
FIRST FIND BIBO, north of Laguna Pueblo. From there, NM 279 leads to the small village of Seboyeta. Curve around the old church, Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, and you’ll come upon a dirt road that…
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5 Do's and Don'ts For a Pueblo Feast Day
Above: Corn Maiden No. 13 , by Jason Garcia, of Santa Clara Pueblo. Photograph courtesy of Jason Garcia. You will never forget the first time you attend a Pueblo dance or feast day (for a full list of…
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Going Home
Above: Joe Lewis gazes at Laguna Pueblo with his best friend, Junior the border collie. JOE LEWIS RUMBLES DOWN US 93 in Nevada, the Great Basin Highway, over its craggy peaks and across its valleys…
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