Consultations

Sharing our stories with the world

L Designs, Etc. provides expert and knowledgeable consultation services utilizing the elders of our Nation who are truly the wisdom keepers of our people. Our consultations are tailored to your organization or individual needs to help you navigate difficult decisions that may affect traditional cultural properties or historical sacred places, plant life, animals, etc.

L Designs, Etc. consults with the Jicarilla Indian Health Service

July 27, 2023. Bryan F. Vigil, elder and Lorene Willis, owner of L Designs, Etc. recently met with Dr. Daniel Haire, a Family Physician working with the Jicarilla Indian Health Service in Dulce, New Mexico. Dr. Haire has worked in this capacity for over three years and informed us that he has an eight-year-old son named Sam and wife Sarah.

Dr. Haire believes in improving the quality of life for his patients as well as in his own life. His purpose with meeting with Bryan and Lorene is to gain a better understanding of the Dulce community and create ways for the staff at IHS to learn more about the Nation's culture, thereby, becoming better at patient/provider relationships.

More to come ....

Language is our most precious

resource

The Jicarilla Apache language belongs to the Southern Athabaskan subfamily of Athabaskan languages. It is primarily spoken in the Southwestern United States, including Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. There are also two outliers in Oklahoma and Texas. (Source: Wikipedia).

L Designs, Etc. has worked for over 10 years to develop a method for teaching the language that proves to be successful for adult learners wanting to learn the language. The method is presently being utilized at the St. Francis Catholic School in Lumberton, NM for students ages 8 - 16.

There is more opportunity for language learning as L Designs, Etc. will be contracted to provide a language course to the Jicarilla Service Unit starting in October.

The Jicarilla Apache Culture

Committee

L Designs, Etc. is a consultation business that recently completed a series of projects for the Jicarilla Apache Culture Committee. The committee was established in 1993 and is dedicated to preserving their culture and language through monthly meetings. Additionally, they work with federal, state, and local governments to protect traditional cultural properties under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Their mission is to safeguard their ceremonies, language, and provide guidance for addressing community social issues. For visitors, they created a protocol manual entitled Do ach'i tii.

Download Do ach'i t'ii here.

Download Go-jii-ya Celebration here.