Rufina y Remigio pieces are designed and made in what is now referred to as Santa Fe, New Mexico; land that was and remains home to many Pueblo Indians. These Pueblos include Tewa speakers: Tesuque (Tet-Sugeh), Pojoaque (P'o Suwae-Geh), Nambe (Nambay O-Wing-Geh), San Ildefonso (P'o-Woh-Geoweenge), Santa Clara (Kha'P'oo Owinge), and Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo. This land is also part of a larger terrain for Indigenous peoples including the Jicarilla Apache, The Dine (Navajo), Cochiti, Taos, and Hopi Pueblos.
Mika’s family’s presence in Northern New Mexico since the 1600s is also inseparable from the histories of displacement and oppression of Indigenous peoples of modern day Peñasco, New Mexico; particularly the Tiwa speaking Picuris (Pe' Ewi) Pueblo.
This statement does not take the place of authentic relationships with Indigenous communities, nor is it an act of active decolonization, but rather an acknowledgement. Rufina y Remigio commits to honor the history and people of the land on which we reside through deep and thorough ongoing research, recognition of the land and its stewards, and the harm that has been enacted. As part of this commitment, we will redistribute a portion of all proceeds from Remigio y Rufina back to Indigenous communities.
