Michael Miller
I grew up in Santa Fe in the 1950's and 60's. I graduated from St. Mikes's in 1967. I served as Director of the New Mexico Records Center and Archives, Director of the Center for Southwest Research, UNM, and retired as Director of Research and Literary Arts at the National Hispanic Cultural Center of New Mexico. Today, I am involved in the preservation of New Mexico's environment and cultural heritage. I volunteer for a number of organizations and I am particularly interested in working with young people. I believe that the traditional values of NM and the rich heritage passed on by our ancestors is one of the most important ways to reach out to our young people and help eliminate many of the social, economic, environmental, and political problems created in the 21st century. Family values, culture, tradition, respect for the Earth, spirituality, preservation of our natural resources and traditional knowledge must be passed on to the next generation to help them cope with the world today. I believe that it is the responsibility of every adult to mentor and nourish the minds of the young. I enjoy flyfishing, bow hunting, farming, and the wonders of nature. Bibliography of published work is available on request.
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Wednesday, 25 February 2015 19:51
posted by William Mee
The harvest "La Cosecha" is probably the single most important event of a Village and a family. One that required everyone's participation from children to grandparents. Where the burden of spring planting might of been on the father and the plow horse, the harvest depended on everyone to pick, dry, cook, store, pickle, ferment, process,; everything that was grown in the year and help to make it stretch through the harsh winter.
I wrote a grant project for the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area and my Final Report is posted here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/49153171990/10152305999436991/
The report is titled: Agriculture in Agua Fría Village: How a Traditional Community was and can be Self-Sufficient. December, 2012. The report talks about how the elders of our Village were very successful in agriculture. But asks the question: how did they learn all of this stuff of the harvest from their progenitors? The answer is kind of subjective and from conjecture (because we weren’t around at the time) but it is from Native American traditions who had experience in the harsh new environment. Comments to: WilliamHenryMee@gmail.com.
