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RSS FeedsAfter 20 years, has mystery of Oņateīs foot been solved?
(WorldNews Mexico)

 
 

20 october 2017 08:58:17

 
After 20 years, has mystery of Oņateīs foot been solved?
(WorldNews Mexico)
 


The man on the other end of the line began talking about the controversial equestrian statue of conquistador Don Juan de Oņate at Alcalde, north of Espaņola. Nearly 20 years earlier, sometime around New Year’s Day 1998, the right foot of the bronze statue was removed in the middle of the night to make a statement about Oņate’s treatment of Pueblo people. The political vandalism was discovered after a typed note sent to the Journal North said the 12-foot statue’s foot had been taken by an anonymous group “on behalf of our brothers and sisters of Acoma Pueblo.” In 1598, historical accounts say, Oņate ordered the right feet of Acoma Pueblo men amputated after...


 
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