@raelgalvez.bsky.social
Gracias a todas las vidas!
Just days after the winter solstice, we stand at the threshold of a new year. As the light slowly returns, this season has long been a time for storytelling.
As we reflect on the recent premiere of Native Bound Unbound and the work ahead, gratitude is at the center of our thoughts.
As we reflect on the recent premiere of Native Bound Unbound and the work ahead, gratitude is at the center of our thoughts.
December 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Gracias a todas las vidas!
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There is still time to help us reach our year end goal for fundraising! Please help us recover the names and histories of those Indigenous enslaved individuals still waiting in the pages of the archives and the whispers of their stories.
givebutter.com/jaV6NO
givebutter.com/jaV6NO
December 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
There is still time to help us reach our year end goal for fundraising! Please help us recover the names and histories of those Indigenous enslaved individuals still waiting in the pages of the archives and the whispers of their stories.
givebutter.com/jaV6NO
givebutter.com/jaV6NO
Two days left - please support our continued ascendance.
Please share and help us reach our goal
Please help us reach our year end fundraising goal by visiting givebutter.com/jaV6NO
December 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Two days left - please support our continued ascendance.
Please share and help us reach our goal
Please help us reach our year end fundraising goal by visiting givebutter.com/jaV6NO
Year-End Support for Native Bound Unbound
Celebrating our premiere and supporting long-term sustainability as a 501(c)(3)
givebutter.com
December 25, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Please share and help us reach our goal
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December 21, 2025, marked the ninety-nine-year anniversary of the day that Francisco Valdez crossed over and became an Ancestor. His burial followed on December 23.
December 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
December 21, 2025, marked the ninety-nine-year anniversary of the day that Francisco Valdez crossed over and became an Ancestor. His burial followed on December 23.
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The Native Bound Unbound site has launched.
Your support helps us recover the histories of Indigenous slavery and strengthens the teams and partnerships behind this effort.
As a new 501(c)(3), we invite you to visit www.nativeboundunbound.org/donations and consider supporting this work.
Your support helps us recover the histories of Indigenous slavery and strengthens the teams and partnerships behind this effort.
As a new 501(c)(3), we invite you to visit www.nativeboundunbound.org/donations and consider supporting this work.
December 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The Native Bound Unbound site has launched.
Your support helps us recover the histories of Indigenous slavery and strengthens the teams and partnerships behind this effort.
As a new 501(c)(3), we invite you to visit www.nativeboundunbound.org/donations and consider supporting this work.
Your support helps us recover the histories of Indigenous slavery and strengthens the teams and partnerships behind this effort.
As a new 501(c)(3), we invite you to visit www.nativeboundunbound.org/donations and consider supporting this work.
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Thousands of documents are moving through our workflow: locating, digitizing, transcribing, translating, & encoding before they appear on the site.
If you’re searching for something specific, more is on the way.
Come back and join us in this ongoing work of recovery.
www.nativeboundunbound.org
If you’re searching for something specific, more is on the way.
Come back and join us in this ongoing work of recovery.
www.nativeboundunbound.org
November 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Thousands of documents are moving through our workflow: locating, digitizing, transcribing, translating, & encoding before they appear on the site.
If you’re searching for something specific, more is on the way.
Come back and join us in this ongoing work of recovery.
www.nativeboundunbound.org
If you’re searching for something specific, more is on the way.
Come back and join us in this ongoing work of recovery.
www.nativeboundunbound.org
We are launched
We invite you to explore Native Bound Unbound: Archive of Indigenous Slavery, a living digital platform connecting people, places, events, and stories across the Americas.
Take a moment to explore, learn, and return often as the archive continues to grow.
👉 www.nativeboundunbound.org
Take a moment to explore, learn, and return often as the archive continues to grow.
👉 www.nativeboundunbound.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
We are launched
Join us
The world premiere of Native Bound Unbound: Archive of Indigenous Slavery will be streamed live on YouTube this weekend.
Watch live:
Day 1 (NHCC - Albuquerque) www.youtube.com/live/xiA5Mp_...
Day 2 (MIAC - Santa Fe)
www.youtube.com/live/5r-vWjG...
Follow @natboundunbound for updates and links.
Watch live:
Day 1 (NHCC - Albuquerque) www.youtube.com/live/xiA5Mp_...
Day 2 (MIAC - Santa Fe)
www.youtube.com/live/5r-vWjG...
Follow @natboundunbound for updates and links.
October 31, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Join us
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Register now to attend Native Bound Unbound's premiere event at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque with the link below:
my.nmculture.org/50247/50248
my.nmculture.org/50247/50248
October 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Register now to attend Native Bound Unbound's premiere event at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque with the link below:
my.nmculture.org/50247/50248
my.nmculture.org/50247/50248
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We are thrilled to invite you to the premiere of the project that we have been building—a collective effort that reflects the dedication, care, and collaboration of so many.
Please visit linktr.ee/natboundunbo... for more information and RSVP
Please visit linktr.ee/natboundunbo... for more information and RSVP
October 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
We are thrilled to invite you to the premiere of the project that we have been building—a collective effort that reflects the dedication, care, and collaboration of so many.
Please visit linktr.ee/natboundunbo... for more information and RSVP
Please visit linktr.ee/natboundunbo... for more information and RSVP
AIDA - at the Opéra national de Paris with the staging by the great artist, Shirin Neshat
I had the privilege of attending the Paris Opéra production of Verdi's Aida. At the center of the story is Aida, the enslaved Ethiopian woman & Neshat makes it unfold like an eloquent, deeply resonant poem.
I had the privilege of attending the Paris Opéra production of Verdi's Aida. At the center of the story is Aida, the enslaved Ethiopian woman & Neshat makes it unfold like an eloquent, deeply resonant poem.
September 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
AIDA - at the Opéra national de Paris with the staging by the great artist, Shirin Neshat
I had the privilege of attending the Paris Opéra production of Verdi's Aida. At the center of the story is Aida, the enslaved Ethiopian woman & Neshat makes it unfold like an eloquent, deeply resonant poem.
I had the privilege of attending the Paris Opéra production of Verdi's Aida. At the center of the story is Aida, the enslaved Ethiopian woman & Neshat makes it unfold like an eloquent, deeply resonant poem.
I was honored to have been invited to participate in a workshop to present @natboundunbound.bsky.social The workshop was convened by Schmidt Sciences at the Sorbonne in Paris, France.
September 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I was honored to have been invited to participate in a workshop to present @natboundunbound.bsky.social The workshop was convened by Schmidt Sciences at the Sorbonne in Paris, France.
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Thankful to @505omatic.bsky.social for the interview with executive director Dr. Estevan Rael-Galvez!
youtube.com/shorts/VEfFQ...
youtube.com/shorts/VEfFQ...
What's Up with the Obelisk? Part III/VII #santafe #obelisk #history #indigenoushistory
YouTube video by 505OMATIC
youtube.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Thankful to @505omatic.bsky.social for the interview with executive director Dr. Estevan Rael-Galvez!
youtube.com/shorts/VEfFQ...
youtube.com/shorts/VEfFQ...
It was such an honor to work with @ceciliaalemani and the whole team on this amazing exhibition at @SITESantaFe.
I love that Patricia Leigh Brown @nytimes suggested that I served as a “whisperer” of NM Stories..
And that @NatBoundUnbound was mentioned.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/a...
I love that Patricia Leigh Brown @nytimes suggested that I served as a “whisperer” of NM Stories..
And that @NatBoundUnbound was mentioned.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/a...
The Southwest City That Turned Itself Into an Essential Art Outpost
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
It was such an honor to work with @ceciliaalemani and the whole team on this amazing exhibition at @SITESantaFe.
I love that Patricia Leigh Brown @nytimes suggested that I served as a “whisperer” of NM Stories..
And that @NatBoundUnbound was mentioned.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/a...
I love that Patricia Leigh Brown @nytimes suggested that I served as a “whisperer” of NM Stories..
And that @NatBoundUnbound was mentioned.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/a...
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We are excited to announce that we are exactly 100 days out from our official launch! Visit us at nativeboundunbound.org
July 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
We are excited to announce that we are exactly 100 days out from our official launch! Visit us at nativeboundunbound.org
From the very beginning to this moment - we ask- Freedom for Whom?
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.
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.
July 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
From the very beginning to this moment - we ask- Freedom for Whom?
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🎬 Hollywood Westerns like Two Rode Together sold myths as history.
June 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
🎬 Hollywood Westerns like Two Rode Together sold myths as history.
We’re thrilled to welcome Camila Carreon as a new intern at Native Bound Unbound. A student at Santa Fe Prep, Camila brings a deep passion for storytelling, research, and justice.
Please help me welcome Camila to the team.
Please help me welcome Camila to the team.
Hear from Camila about her experience as an intern for the Native Bound Unbound Project!
June 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
We’re thrilled to welcome Camila Carreon as a new intern at Native Bound Unbound. A student at Santa Fe Prep, Camila brings a deep passion for storytelling, research, and justice.
Please help me welcome Camila to the team.
Please help me welcome Camila to the team.
Visited the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel. Dr. King’s last speech, supporting Black sanitation workers, still echoes:
“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity.”
In a time of attacks on truth and justice, the Museum’s work is more vital than ever.
#MLK #LaborJustice
“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity.”
In a time of attacks on truth and justice, the Museum’s work is more vital than ever.
#MLK #LaborJustice
May 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Visited the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel. Dr. King’s last speech, supporting Black sanitation workers, still echoes:
“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity.”
In a time of attacks on truth and justice, the Museum’s work is more vital than ever.
#MLK #LaborJustice
“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity.”
In a time of attacks on truth and justice, the Museum’s work is more vital than ever.
#MLK #LaborJustice
In the Basin of Memory- lavozcolorado.com/2025/05/14/i...
In the basin of memory - La Voz Colorado
This enamel basin now sits in my home, chipped at the edges, silent in its witness. It holds the memory of my first bath—and the memory of her.
lavozcolorado.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
In the Basin of Memory- lavozcolorado.com/2025/05/14/i...
Thank you Latin@s in Heritage Conservation!
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
May 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Thank you Latin@s in Heritage Conservation!
Thank you Dr. Susan Johnson @unlv.edu and Dr Wilkinson and Fawn Douglas at NuwuArts
At Nuwu Art in Las Vegas, a Memory Gathering flowed like water. Attendees invoked ancestors and shared stories of Paiute, Nahua, Ute, Diné, and Dakota lineages—of displacement, survival, and resistance. The space became a powerful affirmation of Native Bound Unbound’s purpose.
May 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Thank you Dr. Susan Johnson @unlv.edu and Dr Wilkinson and Fawn Douglas at NuwuArts
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Big news! A stolen 16th Century manuscript—signed by Hernandarias in 1598—was returned to Paraguay after a failed $28K sale.
It outlined rules for treating Indigenous people. Some were early reforms—but captivity persisted.
Shoutout to NBU’s Dr. Guillaume Candela, who helped confirm it was real.
It outlined rules for treating Indigenous people. Some were early reforms—but captivity persisted.
Shoutout to NBU’s Dr. Guillaume Candela, who helped confirm it was real.
April 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Big news! A stolen 16th Century manuscript—signed by Hernandarias in 1598—was returned to Paraguay after a failed $28K sale.
It outlined rules for treating Indigenous people. Some were early reforms—but captivity persisted.
Shoutout to NBU’s Dr. Guillaume Candela, who helped confirm it was real.
It outlined rules for treating Indigenous people. Some were early reforms—but captivity persisted.
Shoutout to NBU’s Dr. Guillaume Candela, who helped confirm it was real.