What to the Indigenous Enslaved is the Fourth of July Today is Independence Day in the United States of America and as communities raise their flags, we remember the words by the great orator and abolitionist, Frederick Douglass who asked to whom this celebration belongs. In

Breaking the Silence of Slavery Recovering the stories of the Indigenous enslaved is critical for both tribal communities who were impacted by the loss and for descendants of those taken. These stories have been quieted over the years by whispers as much as by silence, though

Call for Object Stories Native Bound Unbound is beginning to create an archive of information about objects that collectively reflect the lives of the Indigenous enslaved. Slavery was an institution that rendered people as property to be bought, sold and traded, and what was

HUMAN BRANDING, A VISIBLE VIOLENCE Human branding reflects the inconceivable violent ideology that one human being can own another. Yet for thousands of years human beings have been marked using an iron forged in fire and burned into the skin of a living person with a resulting

A new project is seeking oral histories of Indigenous and Hispanic descendants of Indigenous enslavement in the American Southwest — a largely untold and overlooked chapter in American history axios.com/2024/07/16/ind…

Native Bound Unbound thanks Estevan Gonzales and the Gonzales family, owners of KSWV Radio, and George Anaya for doing this interview with NBU Director Estevan Rael-Gàlvez. kswvradio.com/episode/breaki…

We would like to thank the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area NRG Heritage Area for their fiscal sponsorship and the Mellon Foundation for making this all possible. Also thanks to the University of New Mexico Community Engagement Office UNM Community Engagement the video.

Breaking the Silence of Slavery Recovering the stories of the Indigenous enslaved is critical for both tribal communities who were impacted by the loss and for descendants of those taken. These stories have been quieted over the years by whispers as much as by silence, though

𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 – 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐨 When he began working with Native Bound Unbound in 2022, he thought he might only be able to contribute by transcribing about 25 pages. Recently, after more than two years working with the transcription team of

𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟔𝟖𝟎 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 It was the most successful Indigenous uprising and one that would ensure survival of Pueblo people. It took place in August 1680. It would also re-script Pueblo-Spanish relations in what is known today

We would like to thank Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area NRG Heritage Area for their fiscal sponsorship and the Mellon Foundation for making this all possible. Also thanks to University of New Mexico Community Engagement Office UNM Community Engagement for the video.

“Mexico se construyó con sangre y silencio! “ Native Bound Unbound

Our executive assistant, Weston Archuleta, had an opportunity to sit down with Dr. Andrew Lovato, Santa Fe City Historian, for "Our Santa Fe" on KSFR 101.1FM KSFR to talk more about Native Bound Unbound and Breaking the Silence of Slavery (sponsored by the Northern Rio

A First Time Mother Thinks of Those That Came Before Her In early 2024, Kristen sat down with her father Anthony to recollect the lives of their ancestors, including Anthony’s grandmother Adelina Ortega Rael, ancestors who were Indigenous enslaved. The story was shared with

We would like to thank Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area NRG Heritage Area for their fiscal sponsorship and the Mellon Foundation Mellon Foundation for making this all possible. Also thanks to University of New Mexico Community Engagement Office UNM Community Engagement for the video.

𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 Louisiana has a long history of bondage and forced labor among Indigenous peoples. Periods of French, Spanish, and later American influence all hold instances and stories of this history. Though officially

The Color of Enslavement In recovering the history of the Indigenous slavery in the Americas, one of many factors to surface in the records are the representations of skin color, which often influenced social status and manifest in racism, colonization, and slavery. In Nancy E.

Native Bound Unbound to Participate in Institute at the University of Oxford, England Native Bound Unbound – Archive of Indigenous Slavery has been selected to participate in a Humanities and AI Institute sponsored by Schmidt Sciences, a philanthropic initiative created and

Even though I’m a bit jet lagged - honored and excited to be here!!

We would like to thank the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area NRG Heritage Area for their fiscal sponsorship and the Mellon Foundation Mellon Foundation Also thanks to University of New Mexico Community Engagement Office UNM Community Engagement for the video and Sarah Hogland-Gurulé for