going for pack rats is really an homage, an acknowledgement of an important earlier time when that was all there was. the 25-year great drought. as a city boy, i am greatly relieved these little critters are for the medicine man and we won t actually be eating any of them. instead, linda, ivan s wife, is preparing a pretty traditional menu. nothing is wasted when our game is brought home. we dry up and dehydrate the bone. deer bone stew, red chili bone cooked with dried elk and potatoes, roasted dried corn, and tortillas. and of course, more chilies. we call this disturb pusharound chili. you push around until you see the one you want. the chilies are a state of magical. the seed has been passed on
thank you for having us. the home of community leader ivan pino. i m here to join him and his nephew robert and family in a traditional hunt. so we ll be carrying our shotguns. it s harder. it s always good to get a prayer going so that the animals can be willing to take their life. the pueblo who lived here continuously since around 1250 a.d. had long before the spanish or anyone else arrived a highly organized society. they built multi-level adobe apartment blocks. they farmed the land. irrigated crops using intricate