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NEWS & V IEWS FROM THE SUSTAINABLE SOUTHWEST The History of La Bajada Village 1929–2017 • THE PATH, THE ROAD AND THE SUPERHIGHWAY • NNMC: EMBRACING THE FUTURE TO PRESERVE THE PAST June 2017 NORTHERN N EW M EXICO’S L ARGEST D ISTRIBUTION N EWSPAPER Vol. 9 No. 6 SUPPORTING NATIVE ARTISTS AND ARTS DAN CE S JEWELRY FOOD POTTERY You are invited to the Poeh Cultural Center’s inaugural Summer Arts Market, Saturday, June 17, 2017. Spend the day talking to artists and shopping for original jewelry, pottery, textiles and other arts by Native American artists from across the Southwest. Native food vendors will be on-site to satisfy your appetite for regional cuisine. 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM FREE ADMISSION Here, at the Poeh, old rhythms of life and ways of making beauty OPEN TO PUBLIC continue. People bringing beauty to the world on a pathway of being, doing and sharing called the Poeh. 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ROMERO Introduction It is truly amazing that the village of La Bajada is still functioning. !e concluding article of this series outlines challenges the village endured. !e U.S. Census of 1920 shows the Montoya family as the most numerous of families in the village. By the 1940s they were joined by the Gallegos, Sánchez, Ortiz, Gonzales, Dimas, Baca, Armijo, Lucero, Valdez, Martínez, Lueses and Benavides families, among others. With the arrival of the U.S. highway system and the ultimate bypassing of the village in 1932, La Bajada village struggled