Devon G. Peña, Ph.D.

La raza cosmica essentialized mestizaje because V was too close to the essentialism championed by cientificos of the Porfiriato. Being modern meant erasing the Indigenous and Europeanizing Mexicans. Vasconcelos posits the midway salvage point of celebrating mestizaje.

1/3 It doesn't take a lot of education to understand the relationship between Indigenous peoples of Anglo & Latin America. Nor does it take a lot of understanding to know that the absolute genetic identity and the percentage of unmixed pre-Colombian ancestry is highest in the USA's remaining

Mexicans also have family trees in communities that co-inhabited bioregions NORTH of the border. It was not the border that crossed us but the violence of Anglo settler colonialism. Enclosures drove dispossession on both sides. BTW Mexican Clan of the Navajo (Dine) Nation is the largest at 75,000+.

San Luis Peoples Market is now open - The Conejos County Citizen SAN LUIS — The historic R&R Market in San Luis, now rebranded as the San Luis Peoples Market, has reopened its doors after a transformative 20-month renovation. This unique market, which first opened ...

John Waters on the reopening of the San Luis Peoples Market.
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An Ancient Irrigation System May Help Farmers Face Climate Change The arid Southwest has a proven irrigation model, the acequia, for water use that is local, democratic, and resilient to heat and drought.

From Sam Gilbert, an important set of acequia testimonials in #civileats (Civil Eats). Setting the record straight abut the Indigenous origins of #regenerativeagriculture.

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One of the most valuable lessons I have learned over five seasons of The Acequia Institute Next Gen Acequia Farmer internship program is to never underestimate the capacity of youth to be responsive to a challenging curriculum based on Indigenous ethnoscience and agroecology.

YouTube video by Crestone Energy Fair Devon G. Peña, Ph.D. :: The San Luis Food Sovereignty Initiative: Deep Seeds and First Foods

‘Deep Seeds’ are the native landrace varieties of concho corn, bolita bean, and calabaza acequia farmers have stewarded for generations which creates a community’s culinary and taste memories and sense of place.

Read more about Dr. Peña’s work at www.acequiainstitute.org

shades of Coltrane. love this

La sierra. Culebra Peak is the heart of our watershed common lands, the 1847 Sangre de Cristo Land Grant. At 80,000 acres this is likely the largest restored common land on the planet.

Yes, the so-called tragedy of the commons is actually a tragedy of the commoner displaced from her homeland.

In Colorado, a storied valley blooms again - High Country News The San Luis Valley’s Acequia Institute is raising new traditions from multicultural roots.

For those of you interested in the #sanluisfoodsovereigntyinitiative and the rebirth of Colorado's oldest grocery store (the R&R Market est. 1857) as a worker-owned cooperative - the #SanLuisPeoplesMarket - please read this High Country News article about our project.
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Opinion | How Trump’s federal funding pause hurts American farmers and drives up grocery prices How the administration's funding freeze threatens the infrastructure that keeps rural communities — and everyday America — running.

Red state farmers hit hard by impoundment of appropriated funds. Some involve end-stream cuts that were reimbursements for farmers' investing in things like soil amendments and solar energy systems. Let's see if they learn from this experience.

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Migrating to Bluesky. Resistance involves creativity and relationality.