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Entrada: Slavery, Religion And Reconciliation, Bill Piatt
Entrada: Slavery, Religion And Reconciliation, Bill Piatt
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Each year, Santa Fe, NM celebrates a Fiesta. One component, the Entrada, celebrate the "peaceful" re-conquest of the Indigenous people by the Spanish colonizers. Controversy has arisen in recent years as activists challenge the memorialization of a tradition that they feel represents slavery and brutality. Linking their struggle to recent efforts to remove memorials to the Confederacy, they have sought to physically block the re-enactment, leading to arrests, collateral conflict, and the threat of future violence. How do we move forward as a society with the legacy of slavery that built this region and country: This article examines the historical, …