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

Voces de Nuestro País Calendar

Celebrating local voices, stories, and culture. Hosted by MC Michael Rael.

October, 2-4 PM
EARLY DAYS IN AMALIA & VENTERO

Screaming Bull Lodge, Amalia
Riveras Host Community Open Mic

 


November 17, 2-4 PM
FIRE STORIES & QUESTA DISTURBANCE DAY

Wild Rivers Visitor Center, 11120 Nm-378, Cerro
Community Open Mic w/ Paseo Project & Del Fuego


November 21, 2-4 PM
DAVID DAWSON, DINO ARCHULETA & FRITZ DAVIS

Questa Public Library 
Music & Stories

Voces de Nuestro País

Video Stories

15. Bobby and Dwayne Ortega

Saturday, September 12 at Questa Public Library

14. Daniel Carmona and Gaea McGahee

In this episode, we take a field trip to Cerro Vista Farm for food-growing stories and farm tour with Daniel Carmona & Gaea Mcgahee.

Short Stories

Mostly under 10 minutes

Esther Garcia – Riding the School Bus in Winter

In this segment of in the Voices de Aquí series, Esther Garcia shares memories from her childhood of wild school bus rides in winter.

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.

Longer Stories

Up to an hour, or longer...

Interview with Michael Rael Parts 1 & 2

Michael Rael was born in 1950 and raised in Questa , New Mexico. Michael started playing music at the age of 13 and has collaborated with a wide variety of Northern New Mexico Musicians.

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.