ACLU of New Mexico Condemns Anti-Indigenous Hate and Violence on Tewa Land
September 30, 2023
September 30, 2023
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Sept. 30 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2023:
Yesterday, Indigenous people and allies gathered on Tewa land, in the town now known as Espanola, to pray and celebrate the postponement of the reinstallation of a statue honoring a conquistador notorious for the cruel and genocidal treatment of Indigenous people in what is now New Mexico. Juan de Onate's legacy includes the massacre of hund . . .
Yesterday, Indigenous people and allies gathered on Tewa land, in the town now known as Espanola, to pray and celebrate the postponement of the reinstallation of a statue honoring a conquistador notorious for the cruel and genocidal treatment of Indigenous people in what is now New Mexico. Juan de Onate's legacy includes the massacre of hund . . .