This was a very emotional visit for me. I live and work on the Navajo Nation. I was in Clovis, New Mexico, for a conference. the last time I was by Fort Sumner, the visitor's center was not yet complete. I planned to spend about 30 minutes there. I ended up spending about three hours.
The Navajo people, along with...
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Bosque Redondo Memorial
3647 Billy the Kid Dr., Fort Sumner, NM
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I didn't know much about the forced removal of Navajo and Apache to Bosque Redondo before visiting, but this is the kind of history everyone should learn. The memorial, still under construction, is a beautiful tribute to the trials endured by thousands of Native Americans. Also on the grounds is the spot where Billy the Kid was shot, although the...
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Layout and highlights of Red Indian history and culture.
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My wife grew up in New Mexico near the Mescalero Apache Reservation (near Cloudcroft, NM) and thought she knew about them. There is much more than she heard in school. The area of the present reservation was originally their homelands, but as Americans came into the area before the Civil War the Indians resisted. In 1863, the U.S. government sent...
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