Gathering & sharing stories, oral histories, music, conversations & images
from people & places of the Northern Rio Grande

The purpose of Voices of the Northern Rio Grande is to encourage and celebrate connection to place, culture, history and each other through sharing and archiving lived experiences and stories. As a collection point for these stories we honor those that give them voice; sharing respectfully is important to us. We are creating an audio-visual story archive for North Central New Mexico, particularly for Questa, Cerro and surrounding communities, from Arroyo Hondo and Arroyo Seco to the South, to Costilla and Amalia to the North and just over the border into Colorado, Garcia, San Luis etc.

Voices of the Northern Rio Grande

Updates

MAY 9 2 – 4 PM
MOTHERHOOD STORIES with local moms

JUNE 20, 2 – 4 PM
REMEDIOS DE NUESTRA TIERRA Remedies from our land Erica Vigil-Flores & Brenda Archuleta

JULY 11, 2 – 4 PM
JOSEPH & RICKY LEON: ADVENTURES IN CERRO

Celebrating local voices, stories, and culture.
Hosted by MC Michael Rael at the Questa Public Library.

Voces de Nuestro País

Video Stories

Short Stories

Mostly under 10 minutes

Daniel Carmona: “I’ve always wanted to be a farmer”

Daniel Carmona of Cerro Vista Farm reflects on wanting to be a farmer since he was five years old.

Cathy Hope: Arriving, Gardening, Building, and Departing

In this segment of Voices de Aquí, long-time resident of the Latir area Cathy Hope reflects on thirty years of high desert gardening, arriving in a new place and moving on.

Longer Stories

Up to an hour, or longer...

Interview with Bud Wilson Part 1

Bud Wilson was born in 1926 in the suburbs of Chicago, but forged his connection to the land and people of Northern NM when he was just 16, while accompanying his high school teacher on a research trip to San Cristobal.