Ranger Guided Tour

Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner 3647 Billy the Kid Drive, Fort Sumner, NM, United States

Have you ever wanted to learn more about Bosque Redondo Memorial’s new exhibit? Have you ever wanted to know more stories about the Diné (Navajo) and Ndé (Mescalero Apache)? Join Ranger Lily on Thursday March 23, 2023 for a guided tour of the new permanent exhibition at Bosque Redondo Memorial. The weekly tour will start […]

Ranger Guided Tour

Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner 3647 Billy the Kid Drive, Fort Sumner, NM, United States

Have you ever wanted to learn more about Bosque Redondo Memorial’s new exhibit? Have you ever wanted to know more stories about the Diné (Navajo) and Ndé (Mescalero Apache)? Join Ranger Lily on Thursday March 16, 2023 for a guided tour of the new permanent exhibition at Bosque Redondo Memorial. The weekly tour will start […]

Ranger Guided Tour

Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner 3647 Billy the Kid Drive, Fort Sumner, NM, United States

Have you ever wanted to learn more about Bosque Redondo Memorial’s new exhibit? Have you ever wanted to know more stories about the Diné (Navajo) and Ndé (Mescalero Apache)? Join Ranger Lily on Thursday March 9, 2023 for a guided tour of the new permanent exhibition at Bosque Redondo Memorial. The weekly tour will start […]

Winter Letters From the Reservation

Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner 3647 Billy the Kid Drive, Fort Sumner, NM, United States

Fort Sumner Historic Site Staff, are pleased to announce that this December, the in-person Winter Letters from the Reservation is returning to Bosque Redondo Memorial.  Letters from the Reservation is a live event at the Memorial that happens three times a year.  Through this program, the history of the fort and reservation unfolds by way […]

Summer Letters From the Reservation 2022

Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner 3647 Billy the Kid Drive, Fort Sumner, NM, United States

Summer Letters from the Reservation is a collection of archival letters and oral histories from Fort Sumner Historic Site that describes the mindset of the United States Government towards Tribal polices in the American Southwest and the daily tribulations experienced by the Diné (Navajo) and the Ndé (Mescalero Apache) in the months of June through […]

Bosque Redondo: A Place of Suffering…A Place of Survival Grand Opening Event

Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner 3647 Billy the Kid Drive, Fort Sumner, NM, United States

Fort Sumner, NM - New Mexico Historic Sites (NMHS) announces the grand opening commemoration event for the permanent interpretive exhibition “Bosque Redondo: A Place of Suffering…A Place of Survival” on Saturday, May 28, 2022, at Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site. A full day of events is planned, including welcome speeches, music, and […]

Spring Letters From the Reservation

Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner 3647 Billy the Kid Drive, Fort Sumner, NM, United States

This featured event, sponsored through a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, is titled Letters from the Reservation and is a live event at the Memorial that happens three times a year.  Through this program, the history of the fort and reservation unfolds by way of story telling using archival military correspondence […]

VIRTUAL EVENT: Summer Letters From the Reservation

Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner 3647 Billy the Kid Drive, Fort Sumner, NM, United States

Summer Letters from the Reservation is a collection of archival letters and oral stories from Fort Sumner Historic Site that describes the mindset of the United States Government towards Tribal polices in the American Southwest and the daily tribulations experienced by the Navajo and the Mescalero Apache in the months of June through August (1863-1868) […]

Summer Letters from the Reservation

Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner 3647 Billy the Kid Drive, Fort Sumner, NM, United States

Summer Letters from the Reservation is a series of letters and oral histories read in chronological order, to represent the lives of the people on the Bosque Redondo Reservation, as well as the policies employed by the U.S. government toward Navajo and Mescalero Apache people from the summer months of June, July, and August 1863 […]

The Frontier, Inside Out

Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner 3647 Billy the Kid Drive, Fort Sumner, NM, United States

In recent years, border politics have become the driving force in U.S. politics nationally, crystalizing questions of who gets to be American. At this talk, Sammy Feldblum will examine the politics of the border through a spate of recently released books on the subject, tracing how U.S. views of Mexico and of Mexicans combine reheated […]

Summer Letters from The Reservation

Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner 3647 Billy the Kid Drive, Fort Sumner, NM, United States

Fort Sumner is running a special summer event on Saturday August 25 called “Summer Letters from the Reservation.” These letters and oral histories read in chronological order, represent the lives of the people on the Bosque Redondo Reservation as well as the policies employed by the U.S. government toward Navajo and Mescalero Apache people from […]

Bosque Redondo Memorial: Commemorating 150 Years since the Treaty of 1868

Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner 3647 Billy the Kid Drive, Fort Sumner, NM, United States

  Friday June 8th will offer a once in a lifetime opportunity for Navajo and Mescalero Apache visitors to shape a museum’s interpretation of their cultural history. On Saturday, June 9th visitors will have a chance to participate in a recreation of the Navajo return to the homeland to promote solidarity and reconciliation. Also on […]

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