New Mexico
Thousands remember, celebrate Pueblo Independence Day
New Mexico’s 19 Pueblos are celebrating unity this Pueblo Independence Day.
JEMEZ SPRINGS, N.M. – New Mexico’s 19 Pueblos are celebrating unity this Pueblo Independence Day. The historic day recognizes one of the few successful Native American revolts against Spanish colonizers.
“We were able to retain our culture and languages to keep it from being completely eradicated by the Spanish and the Franciscan Missionaries. So without the Pueblo Revolts, we never rebelled or revolted, we may have lost who we were as Pueblo people, as Jemez people. And so this commemoration today celebrates who we are and what we have maintained,” said Marlon Magdalena, an instructional coordinator supervisor of the Jemez Historic Site.
Magdalena says because of the sacrifices his ancestors made, the Jemez people have survived for centuries.
“Even though all the bad things, they were able to push past it and stick with the good things and keep who they are as Jemez people,” said Magdalena.
They began the day with a 13-mile run, ending at the Jemez Historic Site.
Jemez Pueblo Gov. Peter Madalena explained it’s a way to honor their ancestors.
“We do kind of a pilgrimage run from the Jemez Pueblo, from the plaza. So we do that here, and then we go to the Kiva for the blessings. This is for ancestors, we’ve been here for a very long time, and like I always say we never left here,” said Madalena.
For business owners like Dave Reano, the day also gives non-Natives a chance to learn about Pueblo culture, and in some cases bring it home with them.
“Showing our jewelry is one of the best parts of the day, because we get to see everybody and meet the ancestors that were here before. Just have come see our work and creations, what we’ve done from since then, the different generations that passed,” said Dave Reano, co-owner of Dr. Reano Jewelry.
If you missed Pueblo Independence Day, the Jemez Historic Site is open to the public Wednesday through Sunday, where you can learn the history.
New Mexico
Federal grand jury indicts former treasurer for stealing more than $2 million from New Mexico abbey
A former member of a Norbertine community in New Mexico has been indicted on allegations that he stole millions of dollars from the religious group over the course of several months.
A grand jury handed down charges in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico alleging that James Owens stole funds belonging to the Norbertine abbey of Santa Maria de la Vid on the outskirts of Albuquerque.
The Jan. 21 charging document alleges that Owens, who reportedly became a brother at the abbey in 2009, began stealing money from the community in 2022. Owens, formerly a certified public accountant and lawyer, had been made treasurer of the organization in 2016, the same year he became a permanent member there.
As treasurer, he had signatory authority over the abbey’s financial accounts and was responsible for the payment of the community’s expenses.
Owens allegedly used “wire communications, monetary transactions,” and other methods to transfer over $2 million to multiple accounts he controlled. Some of the money was used to purchase a home in nearby Placitas, the grand jury said.
The transfers were carried out from around May 2022 to March 2023, the indictment says, during a development project to expand retreat facilities at the abbey.
In a press release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico said Owens has been charged with “eight counts of wire fraud, 23 counts of engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from unlawful activity, and one count of attempt to evade and defeat tax.” He is facing 20 years in prison if convicted.
On its website, the Norbertine community says it established its abbey on property bought from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe in 1995. The property had originally been run as a Dominican convent that replaced a late-1940s airstrip.
The facility offers retreat opportunities including “self-contained hermitages” and guest accommodations.
The community notes that “several of our brothers have their earthly resting places here in our communal cemetery.”
“As Norbertine brothers we will have an everlasting presence on this land,” the website says.
Federal grand jury indicts former treasurer for stealing more than $2 million from New Mexico abbey
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