Rafaelita Martinez and Daughter Elizaida Departing the Santo Tomás Parish

Rafaelita Martinez and Daughter Elizaida Departing the Santo Tomás Parish

The Genízaro people of Abiquiú are surrounded by their history. It is not only embedded in their land but in the ancient pottery shards they find in their fields as well as their ranching and farm work, acequias, orchards, faith traditions and colonial churches. Their sense of place and sense of history are indivisible, as is their Indigenous and Hispanic heritage.

Photo by Russel Albert Daniels