Latinos/Hispanics in Colorado Collection; image no. Drae-Latino115.
Creator(s)
EchoHawk, Dana.
Summary
Portrait of Teresa Vigil, an expert in medicinal herbs (curandera) in San Luis (Costilla County), Colorado. She poses in her kitchen in a blouse and sweater. A stove, cutting board and pots and pans are nearby.
Date
[2005 April 16]
Notes
Content derived from inventory prepared by Dana EchoHawk.; From inventory: "Teresa Vigil graduated as a licensed vocational nurse in California in 1974, but returned to her family's home in San Luis, Colorado in her 40's. As a child, she spent summers with her grandmother in San Luis who taught her a little about herbs, and she became an expert in medicinal herbs."; Source: loan, Dana EchoHawk, owner, 2010.; Title derived from inventory.; Digitization sponsored by the Library Services and Technology Act and the Center for Colorado & the West at Auraria Library.; Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Is Part Of
Latinos/Hispanics in Colorado Collection.;
Subject
Hispanic Americans--2000-2010.; Mexican Americans--2000-2010.; San Luis (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Healers.; Interiors.; Older people.; Women.; Vigil, Teresa--Pictorial works.; Hispanic Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Mexican Americans--Colorado--Pictorial works.; Older people--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Women healers--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; Women--Colorado--San Luis--Pictorial works.; San Luis (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
Source
loan; Dana EchoHawk; 2010.
Rights
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
