Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner (Navajo and Mescalero Apache internment site)
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The Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner is a historic site and museum in New Mexico that commemorates the forced internment and suffering of the Navajo (Diné) and Mescalero Apache people during the 1860s.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American history museum
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historic site → memorial → museum → |
| adjacentTo |
Fort Sumner military fort ruins
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| associatedWith |
Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation
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Fort Sumner Historic Site → |
| commemorates |
Long Walk of the Navajo
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Mescalero Apache people → Navajo (Diné) people → forced internment of Navajo and Mescalero Apache people in the 1860s → |
| country |
United States
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| dedicatedTo |
victims of Bosque Redondo internment
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| focusesOnPeriod |
1863–1868
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American Civil War era → |
| hasExhibit |
archaeological artifacts from Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation
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interpretive exhibits on Mescalero Apache internment → interpretive exhibits on the Long Walk of the Navajo → oral histories from Navajo and Mescalero Apache descendants → |
| hasFeature |
interpretive center building
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outdoor memorial installations → walking trails over former reservation lands → |
| heritageDesignation |
New Mexico State Historic Site
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| languageOfSignage |
English
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Navajo → Spanish → |
| locatedAt |
site of former Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation
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| locatedIn |
De Baca County, New Mexico
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Fort Sumner, New Mexico → United States → |
| locatedNear |
Pecos River
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| memorialType |
site of conscience
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| nearbySettlement |
Village of Fort Sumner, New Mexico
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| operator |
New Mexico Historic Sites
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| purpose |
to educate the public about the Long Walk and internment policies of the 1860s
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to remember the suffering of Navajo and Mescalero Apache people at Bosque Redondo → |
| state |
New Mexico
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| subjectOf |
educational programs about 19th-century U.S.–Native American relations
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| theme |
Native American forced relocation
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U.S. military campaigns against Native Americans → cultural survival of Navajo and Mescalero Apache peoples → |
| topic |
1860s U.S. federal Indian policy
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Mescalero Apache history → Navajo history → human rights and historical trauma → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico
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contains |