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Community Voices: Statues Marking the History of the West Aren’t Without Legitimate Controversy

It has happened again. Near EspaƱola, N.M., the monumental statue of Spanish conquistador Don Juan de OƱate has been attacked. Though OƱate rides his horse behind a tall metal fence, someone painted his booted right foot blood red and spray-painted ā€œRemember 1680ā€ on a nearby wall. In the culturally diverse Southwest, schisms over history and […]

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