The Harm Celebrating Oñate Creates: What People Were Asking For in Española Before the Shooting

Before an extremist shot Jacob Johns (Hopi, Akimel O'odham) in Española on Sept. 28, community members spent the morning together for a sunrise prayer ceremony and the afternoon together for a celebration of sorts. They expressed relief as Rio Arriba County officials indefinitely postponed the reinstallation of a statue of violent war criminal Juan de Oñate, someone who tried to eradicate…
Source: Red Lake Nation News