Estevan Rael-Gálvez with Nicki Gonzales - Native Bound-Unbound: A Pilgrimage through Silence
From Tuesdays with Merton Podcast by International Thomas Merton Society
July 28, 2025 · 1h 12m · Episode 62
About this episode
Estevan Rael-Gálvez discusses the Native Bound-Unbound project and its focus on indigenous people's experiences with enslavement.
The following is a plenary presentation from the 19th General Meeting of the International Thomas Merton Society, Regis University, Denver, Colorado, delivered on June 21, 2025. Estevan Rael-Gálvez is the director of Native Bound-Unbound, a Mellon Foundation sponsored digital humanities project centered on the millions of indigenous people whose lives were and have been shaped by enslavement. Dr. Rael-Gálvez, anthropologist, historian, and Indigenous slavery scholar, has served as the state historian of New Mexico, the executive director of the National Hispanic Cultural Center, and senior vice president of historic sites at the National Trust for Historic Preservation. He has participated in public history and digital history projects involving communities linked to Mt. Taylor, Girl Scouts USA, Santa Fe, and many other broad, vast and important projects in public memory and public storytelling and narrative-making.
People in this episode
Host: Nicki Gonzales
Guest: Estevan Rael-Gálvez
Topics covered
- indigenous history
- digital humanities
- enslavement
- public history
- cultural memory
Keywords
- indigenous
- enslavement
- digital humanities
- public history
- cultural storytelling
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: International Thomas Merton Society
Books & works: Native Bound-Unbound
Places: Regis University, Denver, Colorado
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