Tesuque Pueblo Native

Native American from Tesuque Pueblo

where every year their men elect their choice of men to their official positions, 

where men to this day choose which women will be allowed to dance and women still have no say in the matter!

This man saw no problem with that, 

I will have to inquire with a Native American woman next.

Honestly, I wonder what they think about their role in their society.

CATUA & OMTUA

CATUA & OMTUA

Heroes of the pueblo uprising he wears proudly on his sleeves.

43 year old Native American from the Tesuque Pueblo

He just made it out of the hospital after a slip & fall on ice.

His left leg got reinjured, his rib had been broken too. 

For protection. he wears around his neck a leather strap

attached to a vessel wrapped in sinew and filled with sacred cornmeal.

"I am an alcoholic."

He has worked 3 out of the 12 steps.

Higher Power

grant us the serenity

to accept the things we can not change

the courage to change the things we can

and the wisdom to know the difference.

Vendors

At the end of yet another day.

Native American artisans in their traditional area

under the portal of the Palace of the Governor

in Santa Fe, New Mexico

The City Different in the Land of Enchantment.

This concludes a series of photos focused on people, light and shadows.

Vendors at the end of another day

Native American vendors 

under the portal of the Palace of the Governor 

in downtown Santa Fe,

The City Different in 

The Land of Enchantment.

Every morning the lucky draw of a lottery 

will assign who gets which spot.

Art

Along the way, well,

along Canyon Road
in the City Different

One Side

One side of a two-faced native American style sculpture.