Bosque Redondo Memorial

We happened upon this and were so glad that we did. It’s hard to put into words how powerful and emotional the exhibit was for us. I had never personally heard about this series of events let alone been taught it in school. It is a truly horrible thing that our country did to these people and every American should know about it.

The exhibit itself is very well done and the decompression room at the and was much appreciated and needed.

We will continue to tell people about the s memorial and send support from our home in Texas.

The Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner State Monument solemnly remembers the dark days of suffering from 1863 to 1868 when the U.S. Military persecuted and imprisoned 9,500 Navajo (the Diné) and 500 Mescalero Apache (the N’de) on a reservation known as Bosque Redondo at Fort Sumner, New Mexico— an area that encompassed 1,600 square miles (over one million acres).

The Bosque Redondo Memorial celebrates these two cultures’ dignity, resilience, endurance, courage and strength, in the face of extreme hardship, isolation, sickness and death, to emerge from Bosque Redondo to become the admired and proud people they are today.

We invite you to walk with us as we look into the Navajo and Mescalero Apache cultures and trace the history of the events that led to their terrible incarceration at Bosque Redondo, their incredible survival, and emotional return to their respective homelands.

Tour with us and learn about the Bosque Redondo Memorial that “remembers their past... and celebrates their future.”

https://www.bosqueredondomemorial.com/