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The Taos Rebellion shows NM’s drug problem is historical

Without any doubt, Northern New Mexico owns the worst reputation for drug-related issues, as Rio Arriba County owns the state’s highest drug related death rate. Epidemiological data shows that we, as a community, MUST do something to try and get… Continue Reading →

NM’s Opiate problem is a ghost story

I have no doubt that the story of opiate addiction in Northern New Mexico is a ghost story. The ghosts of our ancestors and the ghosts of lost land haunt the region and cast shadows that I believe we either… Continue Reading →

I am the last mestizo

I am the last Mestizo.  Maybe there are other people who understand what it means to be Mestizo, but I wonder where they are?  I don’t hear the ancient alabados anywhere anymore.  No one sings these hymns that allowed a… Continue Reading →

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