Creative Reflections

E. Rael-Galvez

Independence Day - Imagining the Nation, in Questa, New Mexico

Recently, I came across a couple of photos taken of a Independence Day Parade in my home village of Questa, from circa 1935, which led me...

E. Rael-Galvez

Born Ready to Work

Whenever my Tio Arcenio pulled me onto his lap, I always knew that it was time for him to tell stories and that day the tale was of my...

E. Rael-Galvez

Sewing Beauty

I grew up believing that mamá helped the sun rise and in the evening made sure that it set. At night she designed the pattern, carefully...

E. Rael-Galvez

The Woman Who Went Into and Through the Mountain

That morning when Isabel woke, she paused a moment before pushing the night away from her eyes. She had been dreaming of her grandmother...

E. Rael-Galvez

A:shiwi and Estebanico

Excerpts from “Coyote Convergence,” in Converging Streams: Art of the Hispanic and Native American Southwest © Estevan Rael-Gálvez...

E. Rael-Galvez

Girls Writing the World: A Library Reimagined

I learned from an early age that wisdom sits in places, particularly those places where the stories and people have imbued it with...

E. Rael-Galvez

Hints of A Emerging Historian

Last week, I woke up remembering that it was my grandfather's birthday - February 11, 1887. The moment I opened my eyes, I remembered him...

E. Rael-Galvez

Raising Consciousness and Imagining Reconciliation: Santa Fe Fiestas

While the annual Santa Fe Fiesta has now passed, the dust it always raises never fully settles. Over the past couple of years I witnessed...