an expedition, and there were indeed cities. hi. this is zia. awesome. well, thank you for having us. the home of community leader ivan pino in zia pueblo. i m here to join him and his nephew robert and family in a traditional hunt. so we ll be carrying our shotguns. we ll be carrying our rabbit stick. we won t do this anymore. it s harder. it s always good to get a prayer going so that the animals can be willing to take their life. [ speaking foreign language ] the pueblo, who lived here continuously since around 1250 a.d., had long before the
an expedition, and there were indeed cities. hi. this is zia. awesome. well, thank you for having us. the home of community leader ivan pino in zia pueblo. i m here to join him and his nephew robert and family in a traditional hunt. so we ll be carrying our shotguns. we ll be carrying our rabbit stick. we won t do this anymore. it s harder. it s always good to get a prayer going so that the animals can be willing to take their life. [ speaking foreign language ] the pueblo, who lived here continuously since around 1250
and put it back in here. to ensure a generation of this once vital source of food, tradition and ritual requires returning a part of the animal back to the nest. i will never go hungry. 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 big game is brought home. we dry up and dehydrate the bone. deer bone stew, red chili stew cooked with dried elk and potatoes, pinto beans with chicos, that s roasted dried corn, and tortillas. and of course more chilies.
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 big game is brought home. we dry up and dehydrate the bone. deer bone stew, red chili stew cooked with dried elk and potatoes, pinto beans with chicos, that s roasted dried corn, and tortillas. and of course more chilies. we call this dish push-around chili. because you push around. you push it around until you see the one you want. the chilies in the state are magical.
the home of community leader ivan pino in zia pueblo. i m here to join him and his nephew robert and family in a traditional hunt. so we ll be carrying our shotguns. we ll be carrying our rabbit stick. we won t do this anymore. it s harder. it s always good to get a prayer going so that the animals can be willing to take their life. [ speaking foreign language ] 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 water diversion systems. all this in what sure as hell looked like a harsh and unforgiving land.