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New exhibit remembering the Long Walk opens at Bosque Redondo Memorial

New exhibit remembering the Long Walk opens at Bosque Redondo Memorial
OUNCES OF OF MILK FOR 100 BUCKS. TH 1AN50 YEARS AGO THOUSANDS OF NAVAJO PEOPLE WERE FORCED TO LEAVE THEIR LAND IN WALK TO FORT SUMNER, NEW MEXICO HUNDREDS OF MILES NOW A PERMANENT EXHIBIT CALLED BOTH GAVE REDONDO A PLACE OF SUFFERING A PLA OFCE SURVIVAL IS OPENING TO HONOR THAT LONG WALK IN A STORY. YOU’LL SEE ONLY ON SEVEN THIS MORNING. GENEVIEVE GLASS WALKS US THROUGH THIS NEW EXHIBIT THAT OPENS TOMORROW .THE LGON WALK THREE-YEAR PERIOD WERE LGON WALK THREE-YEAR PERIOD 10,000 NAVAJO AND ABOUT 500 METS CHOLERO. APACHE WERE FORCED OUT OF THEIR. HOMENDLA BY THE US GOVERNMENT A 400-MILE JOURNEY FROM MODERN-DAY, ARIZONA TO NEW MEXICO TO MANY NATIVES. THIS WAS THEIR HOLOCAUST NOT LYON DO THEY LOSE THEIR HOMELAND BUT THOUSANDS LTOS THEIR LIVES AS WELL. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STORY WAS RIGHT AND IT WAS TRUTHFUL SO WHEN YOU WALK INTO THE EXHIBIT, YOU’RE GNGOI TO IT’S GONNA IT’S VERY IT’S VERY EMOTIONAL THIS NEW EX. HIBIT ELABORATION WITH TRIBAL PARTNERS 30 YEARS IN THE MAKING CAPTURIN AG DARK CHAPTER IN HISTORY FILLED WITH GRAPHS ARTIFASCT ORAL HISTORIES AND INTERACTIVE SPACES IN THE CEILING. THERE ARE OVER 10,000 LIGHTS THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 10,000 SOULS THAT WERE HERE AT THE END OF THE EXHIBIT. YOU CAN ACTUALLY WRITE DOWN YOUR RESPONSSE IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT MEDIAS. AND SO YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO LIVE YOUR VOICE HERE BILL HEARD BEFORE YOUEA LVE.
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New exhibit remembering the Long Walk opens at Bosque Redondo Memorial
"Bosque Redondo: A Place of Suffering - A Place of Survival" is a new permanent exhibit at the Bosque Redondo Memorial in Fort Sumner. The exhibit takes you through the history of the Long Walk from the 1800s when thousands from the Navajo and Apache Nations were forced from their homes by the U.S. government.The new exhibit has artifacts, photographs, oral histories and interactive spaces that help tell a dark time in New Mexico's history.

"Bosque Redondo: A Place of Suffering - A Place of Survival" is a new permanent exhibit at the Bosque Redondo Memorial in Fort Sumner.

The exhibit takes you through the history of the Long Walk from the 1800s when thousands from the Navajo and Apache Nations were forced from their homes by the U.S. government.

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The new exhibit has artifacts, photographs, oral histories and interactive spaces that help tell a dark time in New Mexico's history.