The Native Bound Unbound project is identifying and documenting thousands of forgotten Native American slaves, many who were indentured in southern Colorado.
ALAMOSA, Colo. — In a dusty and dilapidated cemetery where weeds grow among humble gravestones, Julian Aragón Fatula stood next to her great-grandfather’s final resting place and shared a hidden family secret.
Aragón Fatula is among a growing group of people who are learning unexpected truths in their family tree thanks to a project called “We are telling these stories because I think it not only troubles our sense of identity, but it also reveals the resilience and the complexity of how we think about identity,” Rael-Galvez said. Rael-Gálvez sat down with 9NEWS in Colorado’s oldest town, San Luis, right across the street from the historical home of town founder Dario Gallegos. who owned multiple slaves.
The revelations of forgotten enslaved ancestors are challenging deeply personal perceptions among many descendants like Weston Archuleta, who grew up believing he was mostly of European ancestry. While slavery was technically illegal in the southwest, the practice was often hidden through softer terminology in recordkeeping, according to Rael-Gálvez. A Native Bound Unbound researcher looks through old documents
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