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THE LAST VAQUERO ON TASSAJARA ROAD - A REGRET, 2023

This interview with Fred Nason happened the first time we met. He was the rancher of partial local Native American descent (who connected with the tribe in late life, supporting the federal recognition application and linked land claims, he encouraged others to appreciate the wild lands of the Santa Lucia’s and the Big Sur area).

I felt it was urgent because of his advanced age and fragile health and because I was staying nearby at Tassajara, the Zen Buddhist monastery. I seized the opportunity with another Tassajara visitor, a non professional camera person in a borrowed car.

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