Kutsche, Paul, 1927-

Ethnographic fieldwork in Cañones, a small agricultural community located in Rio Arriba County, northern New Mexico, began in October 1966. The project was largely funded by grants from the National Science Foundation and with sponsorship/support from Colorado College. The majority of the fieldwork was conducted between 1966 and 1968, although the project continued at a slower pace through the 1970's, and Kutsche revisited Cañones in 1990 and 1991. The primary research resulted in the 1981 publication, Cañones Values, Crisis, and Survival in a Northern New Mexico Village by Paul Kutsche and John Van Ness. The field team consisted of Paul Kutsche (Principal Investigator), John R. Van Ness, Kathy Krusnik, and Alice Higman Reich. Kutsche was associate professor of anthropology at Colorado College at the time. He has a B.A. in history from Harvard, MA in anthropology from University of Michigan, and Ph. D in anthropology from University of Pennsylvania. Van Ness, a former student of Kutsche, was a graduate student in anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania at the time. Krusnik was a sophomore at Colorado College when she became involved in the project. Reich was a candidate for her M.A. in anthropology at the University of Chicago when she joined the project. Goals of the project were to provide a thorough ethnographic description of a Spanish-American village in northern New Mexico, to analyze political and social integrating forces in village culture, to train undergraduate students in ethnographic field techniques.

Cundiyo, New Mexico, is a small, predominantly Hispanic village, located 20 miles north of Santa Fe. The village was founded by Captain Vigil early in the 19th century.

Several times during the twentieth century, scholars, working in conjunction with university programs or government agencies, conducted field research with the residents of Cundiyo, New Mexico. The projects sought to study social, cultural, and economic aspects of village life.

Joseph E. Weckler, faculty member of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Southern California conducted fieldwork in Cundiyo in 1940-1941, returning in 1962 for a follow-up study. Morris Siegal, a graduate student from the University of Chicago was at Cundiyo in 1942. And, Dr. William Skinner, faculty with Cornell University's Department of Anthropology, conducted research in Cundiyo in September 1948.

Paul Kutsche, professor emeritus from Colorado College, planned to study and publish on Cundiyo sometime after Weckler's 1962 field work. In preparation for this project, which never reached fruition, Kutsche brought this collection of research materials together.

Ethnographic fieldwork in Cañones, a small agricultural community located in Rio Arriba County, northern New Mexico, began in October 1966. The project was largely funded by grants from the National Science Foundation and with sponsorship/support from Colorado College. The majority of the fieldwork was conducted between 1966 and 1968, although the project continued at a slower pace through the 1970's, and Kutsche revisited Cañones in 1990 and 1991. The primary research resulted in the 1981 publication, Cañones Values, Crisis, and Survival in a Northern New Mexico Village by Paul Kutsche and John Van Ness.

The field team consisted of Paul Kutsche (Principal Investigator), John R. Van Ness, Kathy Krusnik, and Alice Higman Reich. Kutsche was associate professor of anthropology at Colorado College at the time. He has a B.A. in history from Harvard, MA in anthropology from University of Michigan, and Ph.D in anthropology from University of Pennsylvania. Van Ness, a former student of Kutsche, was a graduate student in anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania at the time. Krusnik was a sophomore at Colorado College when she became involved in the project. Reich was a candidate for her M.A. in anthropology at the University of Chicago when she joined the project.

Goals of the project were: To provide a thorough ethnographic description of a Spanish-American village in northern New Mexico To analyze political and social integrating forces in village culture To train undergraduate students in ethnographic field techniques