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Native Bound Unbound is creating the archive of the Indigenous enslaved across the Americas, name by name, story by story

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Native Bound Unbound @natboundunbound.bsky.social · Dec 8

Welcome to the official Blue Sky account for Native Bound Unbound! We are creating a digital archive of the Indigenous enslaved across the Americas, name by name, place by place, event by event and story by story. Supported by Mellon Foundation. ED: Dr. Estèvan Rael-Gàlvez
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Painting by Juan Cordero ~1850 depicting the presentation of captured Indigenous peoples to the Spanish monarchy

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Native Bound Unbound @natboundunbound.bsky.social · 28d

Thankful to @505omatic.bsky.social for the interview with executive director Dr. Estevan Rael-Galvez!

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What's Up with the Obelisk? Part III/VII #santafe #obelisk #history #indigenoushistory

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Native Bound Unbound @natboundunbound.bsky.social · Jul 24

We are excited to announce that we are exactly 100 days out from our official launch! Visit us at nativeboundunbound.org

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Native Bound Unbound @natboundunbound.bsky.social · Jul 19

Native Bound Unbound is committed to telling these stories and remembering all those whose memories were forcibly suppressed or forgotten. Today we remember those at Napalpí who gave their lives.

Watch an interview from a survivor at youtu.be/Y52aRvyCmbo

Masacre de Napalpí: el testimonio de Rosa Grillo, sobreviviente de 114 años

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Native Bound Unbound @natboundunbound.bsky.social · Jul 19

In 2004, exactly eight decades later, groups initiated civil action for compensation for damages and in 2014 an investigation was reopened. In 2018, a forensic anthropology team discovered four mass graves and a memorial site was built in the area.

Man holds a sign that says "Somos Napalpí" outside of a "truth trial" in Argentina

Native Bound Unbound @natboundunbound.bsky.social · Jul 19

Between 400 and 500 Mocoít and Qom people were killed.

Although an investigation into the events was opened that year, corruption led to all those involved and charged to be acquitted.

Asamblea unánime en en 2003 el Instituto del Aborigen Chaqueño (I.D.A.CH.)

Native Bound Unbound @natboundunbound.bsky.social · Jul 19

While hundreds were gathered outside, a group of national police and landowners opened fire on the group. Those not killed in the initial event were later hunted down and murdered to get rid of witnesses. The police and others took human remains as “trophies” and displayed them.

Native Bound Unbound @natboundunbound.bsky.social · Jul 19

By 1924, local leaders had organized gatherings and petitions to redress the government for grievances. On July 19, an airplane named “Chaco II” flew over the reduction and dropped sweets and food to lure people out of their homes.

Photograph of the airplane "Chaco II" that was used to drop sweets and food at Napalpí

Native Bound Unbound @natboundunbound.bsky.social · Jul 19

Along with not being able to leave, the inhabitants of the reduction also suffered from awful housing, sanitary, and food conditions and were forced to work on cotton and sugar plantations and mills.

Native Bound Unbound @natboundunbound.bsky.social · Jul 19

Napalpí was a “reduction” (similar to a reservation in the United States of America) that was created in 1911 when the Mocoít, Qom, Pilagás, Wichís, Vilelas and others were captured and forcibly resettled.

Native Bound Unbound @natboundunbound.bsky.social · Jul 19

Today marks the 101st memorial of the Napalpí massacre in Argentina.

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Native Bound Unbound @natboundunbound.bsky.social · Jul 14

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Native Bound Unbound @natboundunbound.bsky.social · Jul 14

She was also well known in genealogical circles and volunteered her time and efforts to help others recover the names and information about their own ancestors, helping to relink the past, present, and future. The world has lost a great mind and generous soul.

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Native Bound Unbound @natboundunbound.bsky.social · Jul 14

We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of one of our team members, Patricia Sanchez Rau. She was involved with the project since its inception and gave many hours of research, poring over countless documents to identify entries relevant to Indigenous slavery.

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Native Bound Unbound @natboundunbound.bsky.social · Jul 4

Cloas’s story reminds us that the struggle for freedom in this land has always been unequal and that many of those who fought did so without being granted the rights they defended.

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Native Bound Unbound @natboundunbound.bsky.social · Jul 4

While liberty and land were promised to white soldiers and British deserters, Indigenous men like Cloas were conscripted, coerced, and denied the very freedom being declared.

Newspaper ad from July 4, 1776, in The New-England Chronicle seeking the return of Enoch Cloas, an Indigenous man who deserted from the Continental Army.

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Native Bound Unbound @natboundunbound.bsky.social · Jul 4

On This Day, July 4, 1776

As the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, The New-England Chronicle printed a second message: a call to return Enoch Cloas, a Native man who deserted the Continental Army.

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Native Bound Unbound @natboundunbound.bsky.social · Jun 29

#NativeBoundUnbound #DecolonizeTheArchive #IndigenousSlavery #WesternMyths #ScriptTheFuture #HistoricalJustice

Native Bound Unbound @natboundunbound.bsky.social · Jun 29

At Native Bound Unbound, we’re building an archive to recover these stories and equipping scriptwriters and creators with real historical data to craft new narratives grounded in truth.

Because history deserves more than a rewrite. It deserves accountability.

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Native Bound Unbound @natboundunbound.bsky.social · Jun 29

Comanche raids were part of a larger system of colonial violence, not the root of it.

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Native Bound Unbound @natboundunbound.bsky.social · Jun 29

This 1961 newspaper ad promised a “savage story” of Comanche slavers, but ignored the broader truth:
Indigenous people across the Americas were enslaved, often by the very governments Hollywood romanticized.

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Native Bound Unbound @natboundunbound.bsky.social · Jun 29

🎬 Hollywood Westerns like Two Rode Together sold myths as history.

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Native Bound Unbound @natboundunbound.bsky.social · Jun 21

Hear from Camila about her experience as an intern for the Native Bound Unbound Project!

Native Bound Unbound @natboundunbound.bsky.social · Jun 9

These narratives reveal a legacy of exploitation beneath the so-called discoveries.

#NativeBoundUnbound #IndigenousSlavery #AmerigoVespucci

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Native Bound Unbound @natboundunbound.bsky.social · Jun 9

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐦 𝐈𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 ~ 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬

Amerigo Vespucci, namesake of the Americas, was not only an explorer but also a slaver. In his letters, he recounts capturing and selling Indigenous people:

“We made sail for Spain with 222 prisoners... where we sold our slaves.”

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Native Bound Unbound @natboundunbound.bsky.social · May 8

Proud to receive a Nuestra Herencia Grant! We're mapping sites of Indigenous slavery in NM to build a model for the Americas. #NativeBoundUnbound #NuestraHerenciaGrantProgram

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