new mexico

Describes the events surrounding the wildfire that raged in New Mexico in 2000 and the resulting debate over the policy of prescribed burning, or purposely setting fires as a means of forest management.

Josefina and her sisters are happy when their T?a Dolores comes to live with them and their father, but Josefina is worried that all the changes will cause them to forget their mother.

A biography of Cochise, the Chiricahua leader, focusing on his involvement in the Indian Wars and subsequent peace negotiations.

Loretta Gage's story of her struggle against hard work and self-doubt to become a practicing veterinarian.

A collection of writing by teen participants in the Voces program at New Mexico's National Hispanic Cultural Center, which brings together participants of all races in an effort to create a community of respect through the literary arts.

In 1824 New Mexico, nine-year-old Josefina is happy when her grandparents and aunt come to visit, but she thinks she must choose between meeting her grandmother's expectations and being true to herself. Includes historical notes on women's rights in New Mexico in 1824 as well as a recipe for apple empanaditas.

In the late 1890s, after her gold-mad father abandons her in the small New Mexico Territory mining town of Eldorado, fourteen-year-old Maude struggles to survive and to hold onto her dream of becoming an artist.

Nearly fourteen and poor, Ceclia Gonzales wants desperately to go to high school and become a teacher until her mother's old-fashioned ideas about a woman's place threaten her dreams.

The investigations of Navajo Tribal Police sergeant Jim Chee and his love interest border patrol officer Bernadette Manuelito converge when the murder of an ex-CIA agent on reservation property turns out to be tied to an exotic game ranch near the Mexican border, and the embezzlement of tribal funds.

"Winner of the Premio Quinto Sol national Chicano literary award." Ultima, the one heals with herbs and magic, comes to live with Antonio's family in New Mexico and helps Tony journey through life.