Native Bound Unbound: Centering the Stories Community Dialogue and Workshop in collaboration with SITE Santa Fe

El Pueblo de Abiquiú Library & Cultural Center welcomes
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Native Bound Unbound: Centering the Stories
Community Dialogue and Workshop in collaboration with SITE Santa Fe
Saturday, November 8 | 1:00–3:00 PM at the Parish Hall in Abiquiú

Following the World Premiere of Native Bound Unbound: Archive of Indigenous Slavery in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, the project continues its journey across New Mexico with a community event in Abiquiú. Presented in collaboration with SITE Santa Fe as part of the exhibition Once With a Time, this gathering invites local residents into a space of dialogue, memory, and reflection. Years in the making, and built through the dedication, care, and collaboration of many, this initiative seeks to recover every documented instance of Indigenous slavery across the Americas, illuminating a history long buried yet profoundly alive in memory and legacy.

Facilitated by Native Bound Unbound founder and Executive Director, and former State Historian of New Mexico, Dr. Estevan Rael-Gálvez, the event will introduce the project’s new digital platform—a living archive that recovers and connects every documented instance of Indigenous slavery across the Americas. Participants will be invited to explore the website and join in a shared conversation about history, kinship, and belonging.

Community members are encouraged to bring photographs, family trees, heirlooms, or other objects connected to their personal or ancestral stories. These materials can help spark intergenerational dialogue and deepen the collective understanding of Abiquiú’s long and layered history.

“Native Bound Unbound is not only about recovering the past,” Dr. Rael-Gálvez notes, “but about reconnecting it to the living—creating a space where communities can reclaim their stories and contribute to a broader narrative of memory and resilience.”

The World Premiere of Native Bound Unbound launches November 1 (Albuquerque) and November 2 (Santa Fe).  Both events are sold out.