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
Oñate was eventually expelled from present-day New Mexico for “excessive force” against members of Acoma Pueblo.
From Washington Times • Jul. 15, 2020
They got involved in the Oñate incident after, Provance said, a local group associated with a presidential campaign told them there would be a riot after the statue fell.
From Washington Times • Jul. 6, 2020
But Oñate knew nothing of their intended treachery; and on the following day he and his handful of men—leaving only a guard with the horses—climbed one of the breathless stone "ladders," and stood in Acoma.
From The Spanish Pioneers by Lummis, Charles F.
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