AGUIAR Ranch Ko'al Kumeyaay Pai Pai Elder Documentary

In this 2005 digital photograph by Gary Ballard -- sepia toned in Adobe Photoshop for effect -- an old car and storage building are pictured. It's interesting (to the photographer) how time slips away with the elders and their stories forgotten....

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Manuela and Teresa Aguiar live on the top of a mountain in the Indigenous Kumeyaay Pai Pai Community of Santa Catarina, Baja California, Mexico. The Aguiar sisters are well know for her Native American pottery, basket weaving, doll making, and agave fiber carrying net bags.

Photos, Writing and Web Page Design Contributed by webmaster, GARY G. BALLARD