Taos Pueblo honors Avelino Trujillo as Living Treasure nominee
Taos Pueblo nominates 85-year-old Avelino Trujillo for this year's Living Treasures. Described by daughter Jenny Romero as traditional and mentor, he grew up in a 13-child family, married Annie Gomez in 1941, served in the Air Force, and is grandfather to six with 11 great grandchildren.
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Taos Pueblo
Avelino Trujillo
Jenny Romero
Romero
Trujillo
Pablo Trujillo
Theodora Martinez Trujillo
Annie Gomez
U.S. Air Force
San Bernardino
Calif
Marcelino
Frank Rain Leaf
Rosemarie Trujillo
Jack
Taos remembers Dorothy Brandenburg on milestone anniversary
Dorothy Brandenburg, a Taos pillar for seven decades, honored on the 10th anniversary of the Taos Community Auditorium opening. Born in 1902, she moved to Taos in 1927, championing education, health, entertainment, and religious initiatives, shaping the town’s social and cultural foundations.
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Dorothy Brandenburg
Taos
Brandenburg
Dorothy Berninghouse
Uly
St. Louis
Washington University
Jack Brandenburg
Oklahoma
Dorothy
Bertha Ilfeld
Taos Elementary School
Picuris Pueblo Woman Remembers Early 20th Century Life
Geronifia Martinez Wise recalls a free childhood in the 1920s at Picuris Pueblo with simple joys, family labor, and scarce transport. Her mother Maria Ramita Simbolo, an award winning potter, taught clay work that filled museums nationwide. Wise left the pueblo for Santa Fe Indian School, pursued nursing, and later married Jack J. Wilson, moving to Colorado Springs.
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Picuris Pueblo
Geronifia Martinez
Jett
Sani Geronimo Day
Podbls
Penasco
Pueblo
Joe
Victor
Isabel Martinez Perez
Juan Jose Martinez
Maria Ramita Simbolo
Wilson
Martinez
Arizona
Washington, D.C
Colorado Springs
Colo
Santa Fe
St. Vincent's School of Practical Nursing
St. Vincent's Hospital
Jack J. Wilson
Mountain City
Tenn
Tcuris
Candido Mascarenas Named Living Treasure of Placitas Area
Candido Mascarenas, honored as Living Treasure from the Placitas Rock Wall region, credits persistent effort for his service to country and community. Born to Juan Bautista Mascarenas and Simonita Sisneros Mascarenas, he left parochial school in November 1947.
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Lacitas
Candido Mascarenias
Pefiasco
Mascarefias
Placitas
Rock Wall
Juan Bautista Mascarefias
Simonita Sisneros Mascarefias
Candido
Viola Silva A Treasure To Family Community And Church
Patricia Viola Arellana Silva born July 31 1933 in Arroyo Hondo grew up amid seven brothers and four sisters. She worked on Denver farms from age thirteen while finishing Taos High School. At sixteen she married Victoriano Silva and they later moved to Wyoming with their three children. In 1955 her mother’s cancer and her husband’s auto accident left him unable to care for himself for months.
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Viola Silva
Patricia Viola (Arellana) Silva
Arroyo Hondo
Denver
Taos High School
Victoriano Silva
Wyoming
Victoriano
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