Hispanic Folk Arts & The Environment: A New Mexican Perspective by Alejandro Lopez in conjunction with Museum of International Folk Art staff—an excellent introduction to Hispanic folk arts and their links to the land, adobe, weaving, and food.

Santa Fe Arts and Culture—a site chock-full of information and articles—be sure to browse around

Santa Fe Creative Tourism—novel ways to enjoy Northern New Mexico and its art

The Collector's Guide—guide for collectors to artists and galleries throughout Northern New Mexico (not just in Santa Fe)

How the Santa Fe Art Colony Began: Today's Arts Tapestry in Santa Fe Has a Rich History by Suzanne Deats for The Collector's Guide

New Mexico: Photographer's Eden—article by Michael More for The Collector's Guide

New Mexico CultureNet—lots of information about art, culture, and events

Santos of New Mexico: A Four-Hundred-Year Tradition by Barbe Awalt and Paul Rhetts for The Collector's Guide

Visit the Woodcarvers: Artisans along the High Road to Taos Keep Spanish Traditions Alive—article for Sunset magazine

The Art of the Image Maker in New Mexico#8212;text and images from The Wood Carvers of Córdova, New Mexico by Charles L. Briggs, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press

Santeros: The Saint-Makers by Dan Paulos

Northern New Mexico Archive of Mountain Village Culture—information on folk arts & people of the High Road (incomplete, but still some interesting information)

Featured Exhibit: Historical Photographs of Chimayó and the Surrounding Region—an online slideshow of historic photographs

Southwest Crossroads—This wonderful site has lots of primary source material and articles on every aspect of New Mexico culture, including poems, songs, stories, journals, chronicles, Hispanic and native culture, photos, and more.

New Mexico Acequia Association has lots of information and even radio programs on the role of acequias (historic irrigation ditches) and water in the culture and history of Northern New Mexico

Native Hispanic Institute—home of the Chimayó Chile Project

Penitentes (New Mexico)—from Wikipedia

Penitentes—a "spotlight" article from Southwest Crossroads, a website full of information about the cultures and histories of the Southwest.

En Divina Luz: The Penitente Moradas of New Mexico by Michael Wallis (an excerpt from his book by the same name, with quotes from actual penitentes).

Calendar of Pueblo Indian Events from The Collector's Guide

The Indian Pueblos of Northern New Mexico from a Santa Fe tourist site, with excellent guidelines on how tourists should behave at pueblos

Visiting Santa Fe—Things to Do: Eight Northern Indian Pueblos from the Santa Fe Tourist Informaton Bureau

Tewa Women United—an organization that promotes native culture and works to end violence.

Pot Creek Pueblo Cultural Site—information from Carson National Forest, which maintains the site

Pot Creek Pueblo—information from SMU-in-Taos on ongoing excavation and findings

Cundiyó land grant documents and information from the New Mexico State Historian

Truchas land grant documents

Sebastian Martín Land Grant (near Las Trampas)

Las Trampas land grant

Quotes

on La Jicarita Peak

on the Plaza del Cerro

on Nambé Acequia

on El Tordo (mission ruins near Truchas Peak)—this one has images and sound

Books

The High Road to Taos: Poems (National Poetry Series) by Martin Edmunds, Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994.

Stories

El Milagro del Santo Niño [The Miracle of the Santo Niño] by Edumenio "Ed" Lovato. There are many more stories at this website.

Tours

Literary Tour of Taos including Truchas

Alabados—article on penitente songs by Alice Corbin Henderson

Michael Hearnecomposer of song on the "High Road to Taos."

Introduction to New Mexican cuisine from Wikipedia, with definitions of all the New Mexico food words

Cocinas de New Mexico—more about New Mexico cuisine

Chimayo Chile—from the New Mexico Tourism Department

Chimayo Chile Project—a project to encourage farmers to grown heirloom Chimayo chiles

New Mexico Chile—lore, instructions, and recipes

New Mexico Restaurants—excellent and informative site

Northern New Mexico in Depth: Cuisine—from Frommers