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FRANKIE AND CARMEN LÓPEZ HOLDING SANTO TOMÁS BULTO


Abiquiú Mayordomos Frankie and Carmen López are responsible for organizing feast day observances and safeguarding the com- munity’s Santo Tomás “bulto.” Dating to the late 1700s, the statue was made by Pedro Antonio Fresquís (1749–1831), a well-known “santero,” or creator of religious works. The couple cares greatly about Abiquiú’s


families. “Right now, the Pueblo of Abiquiú doesn’t have a lot of opportunities,” says Frankie López. “Our leadership is fractured, and folks are forgetting their past. I want this pueblo—the land grant board, church, library and community center—to be united. I want to leave a legacy for our children’s children.”


RAFAELITA MARTINEZ AND DAUGHTER ELIZAIDA DEPARTING THE SANTO TOMÁS PARISH


The Genízaro people of Abiquiú are surrounded by their history. It is not only embedded in their land but in the ancient pottery sherds they find in their fields as well as their ranching and farm work, acequias, orchards, faith traditions and colonial churches. Their sense of place and sense of history are indivisible, as is their Indigenous and Hispanic heritage.


See the entire “The Genízaro Pueblo of Abiquiú” exhibition online at AmericanIndian.si.edu/developingstories. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 21


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