TAOS COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – A group of young indigenous artists from the Pueblo of Taos are continuing their mission to preserve their culture and language through music, dance, and literature. Every day after school and on the weekends, the Aspen Song Kids walk back to the Pueblo village where they practice their arts and speak Tiwa as a family. "It's very important that we talk about this every day at the dinner table and after school and before school. We want them to be proud of where they're from and be proud of their history and be proud of their ancestors," said Tarynce Hise, Director of the Aspen Song Kids. The collective of kids was formed two years ago and named after their great-great-grandfather, Aspen Song. Although the children never met him, they work hard every day with the help of their father and director of the group to carry the legacy of their elders. Large-scale Taos development project gets denied. Residents, Pueblo relieved "We spread cultural awareness by traveling to different states, to different libraries and different reservations and doing performances and also reading stories from the kids' recently published book, The Sacred Spiral," continued Hise. The 50-page book is full of paintings that help tell cultural stories that are significant to the Taos Pueblo. And they had the opportunity to present it to some of the nearly 400 federally recognized tribes in the country. "We got to travel all the way to the Pacific Northwest to visit the Confederated Tribes of these Northwest," shared Hise. Metro Court hosting winter feast for Urban Native American Healing participants On Friday, the kids paid a special visit to their elders at the Taos Living Center to promote their upcoming book and perform. "Each dance, whether it's a fancy shawl or a grass dance, they all tell a story. And it's important that we keep these stories alive, especially since the Native American culture and tradition is storytelling, and that's a huge part of our culture," emphasized Hise. Since returning home from their book tour, they've continued their performances throughout the pueblo. The kids hope to have a second book finished this year that will be comprised of poems.