Nación Genízara Conference August 2019

The conference took place at the Cañon de Carnue Land Grant on the 23rd & 24th of August, 2019. Below you can see the agenda for this meaningful experience.

  • Blessing by Linda Gutierrez, Vice President of the Cañón de Carnué Land Grant
  • Welcome by Moises Gonzales, President of the Cañón de Carnué Land Grant
  • Genízaro Geneology, History and DNA, Miguel Torrez
  • Genízara y Mestiza Testimonials and Stories of Belonging
    • A testimonial of the search for Genizara Consciousness from a Mestiza
      • Nichole Poncho-Garcia
    • A testimonial on Healing, Dancing, Leadership and a Journey to Standing Rock
      • Linda Gutierrez, Vice President of the Cañón de Carnué Land Grant
    • Experiences With Learning Curandero Skills
      • Thomas A. Chavez, Assistant Professor, Respondent and Scholar, UNM
  • Slavery in the Southwest, Genízaro Identity and Dignity and the Law, Book
    • Bill Piatt, Professor St. Mary’s University School of Law
  • Literary Narratives of Genizar@ Stories and Imaginaries
    • La Coyota Perejundia, Moises Gonzales, Author
    • Stories of the Manzano Mountains and Essays, Judy Alderete Garcia
  • Recent Scholarship on Topics of Identity and Resistance to Erasure
    • Resisting Erasure. An Introduction to Genealogical Issues in Tracing Genízaro Identity
      • Alexandria Garcia, Doctoral student at University of the Pacific
    • Silver and Slavery: Blood memory, Matachines mapping, and Preservation of Raramuri culture within the Raramuri
      • Diego Medina, School for Advanced Research
  • Nación Genízara, Ethnogenesis, Place, and Identity in New Mexico, Book Preview
    • Facilitated by Co-Editor Enrique R. Lamadrid
  • Foreword – Recordando el Futuro (Remembering the Future): Mal-Criados,
  • Memory, and Memorials: Estevan Rael-Gálvez
  • Introduction Nación Genízara: Ethnogenesis, Place, and Identity in New Mexico
    • Enrique R. Lamadrid and Moises Gonzales
  • Chapter One:  Visualizing Genízaro Cultural Memory and Ritual Celebration
    • Miguel A. Gandert
  • Chapter Two:  Mexican Indians and Genízaros: Soldier-Farmer Allies in the Defense and Agricultural Development of New Mexico
    • Tomás Martínez Saldaña, Enrique R. Lamadrid,and José A. Rivera
  • Chapter Three:  Genízaros and Cultural Systems of Slavery in the Hispanic Southwest
    • William S. Kiser
  • Chapter Four:  Genízara Self-Advocacy in Eighteenth-Century New Mexico
    • Cristina Durán
  • *Chapter Five: The Genízaro Origins of the Hermanos Penitentes
    • Ramón A. Gutiérrez
  • Chapter Six: The Colonial Genízaro Mission Pueblo of Belén
    • Samuel E. Sisneros
  • Chapter Seven: Genízaro Ethnogenesis and the Archaeological Record
    • Charles M. Carrillo
  • Chapter Eight: Survival of Captivity: Hybrid Identities, Gender, and Culture in Territorial Colorado
    • Virginia Sánchez
  • Chapter Nine: Genízaro Settlements of the Sierra Sandía: Resilience and Identity in the Land Grants of       San Miguel del Cañón de Carnué and San Antonio de las Huertas
    • Moises Gonzales
  • Chapter Ten: Huellas de Sangre, Amor, y Lágrimas: Rescatando a Mis Cautivas Trails of Blood, Love, and Tears: Rescuing My Captives
    • Susan M. Gandert
  • Chapter Eleven: Genízaro Salvation: The Poetics of G. Benito Córdova’s Genízaro Nation
    • Michael L. Trujillo
  • Chapter Twelve: Sangre de Indio que Corre en Mis Venas: Nativo Poetics and Nuevomexicano Identity
    • Levi Romero
  • Chapter Thirteen: Genízaro Identity and DNA: The Helix of Our Native American Genetic History
    • Miguel A. Tórrez
  • Chapter Fourteen & Epilogue: Persistence and Resistance in Genízaro Identity
    • Teresa Córdova