Oñate
Americannoun
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The statue of Oñate in armor on horseback was commissioned in the 1990s and installed near Española amid fanfare and resentment.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2023
A likeness of Oñate among a caravan of Spanish colonists set in bronze outside an Albuquerque city museum has also drawn protests since it was installed in the late 1990s.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2023
They say other Spanish figures like Oñate oversaw the enslavement of Indigenous populations and tried to outlaw their cultural practices.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 15, 2020
Provance said they lost some members after the Oñate incident but also have 125 waiting to “join up,” 30 of them in Bernalillo County.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 6, 2020
It was February, 1598, when Oñate left northern Nueva Vizcaya with his colony.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton
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