New Mexico's history as a Spanish territory is the object of much aesthetic influence and casual reverence—though, like the Confederate monuments in other states, it is also a history about being on the losing side
that the original foot of the Alcalde statue was passed around at Monday’s protest. “Carrying this foot is a powerful act of resistance,”The Albuquerque Museum’s statue, also done by Rivera with the help of another artist, was completed in 2004. It sits outside on a dirt patch meant to evoke the desert the group would have trudged through. After public pushback against the plan,was designed and installed nearby as a partner monument to honor the Indigenous lives lost.
The state’s history as a Spanish territory is the object of much aesthetic influence and casual reverence—though, like the Confederate monuments in other states, it is also a history about being on the losing side. Conquistadors were reclaimed as a symbol in the early 20th century, a time when New Mexico was trying to establish an identity as an American territory and, eventually, as one of the last states to join the union.
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