E. Rael-Galvez
Centering Truths, Not So Evident
Santa Fe's Soldier’s Monument is layered upon truths, not so evident but ones that hold a promise for how it can evolve.
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E. Rael-Galvez
- Jun 15, 2020
- 4 min
OÑATE ~ REMOVE & REIMAGINE
I just signed the petition to remove the statue of - el Conquistador Oñate. I support this effort because I don't believe in monuments,...
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E. Rael-Galvez
- Apr 14, 2018
- 20 min
REIMAGINING THE ESPAÑOLA FIESTA
OVERVIEW Every community has a unique history, including the dominant narratives that reinforce hierarchies of race, class and gender....
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E. Rael-Galvez
- Mar 29, 2018
- 15 min
Hijos de su Madre: Revolutionizing Male Consciousness out of Vision and Vulnerability
Prologue : The following essay was written in 1999. I was 30 years old and had not yet even imagined the professional life before me. At...
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E. Rael-Galvez
- Mar 19, 2018
- 7 min
Slavery, By Any Other Name
In Ocate, New Mexico, sometime between 1910 and the late 1920s, a young girl named Dora Ortiz often visited with an old woman known as...
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E. Rael-Galvez
- Mar 1, 2018
- 9 min
A:shiwi and Estebanico
Excerpts from “Coyote Convergence,” in Converging Streams: Art of the Hispanic and Native American Southwest © Estevan Rael-Gálvez...
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E. Rael-Galvez
- Feb 22, 2018
- 5 min
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...
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E. Rael-Galvez
- Feb 18, 2018
- 5 min
Coco Cultura Cura: History-Healing Family and Community
Recently, I had the opportunity to watch Pixar’s new animated film Coco. Seeing the reflection of a deep, profound and beautiful heritage...
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E. Rael-Galvez
- Feb 18, 2018
- 5 min
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...
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E. Rael-Galvez
- Feb 2, 2018
- 17 min
Reimagining Community-Centered Sites for History and Healing
“When it’s truly alive, memory doesn’t contemplate history, it invites us to make it.” — Eduardo Galeano, Upside Down: A Primer for the...
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