By the next year, about 8,000 Navajo men, women and children had been captured or surrendered and were forced to walk over 300 miles to Bosque Redondo in eastern New Mexico. And Orman said that history is why she feels the RV park’s name should be changed. “I think some people have this romanticized view of Kit Carson, that he was this western hero,” Orman said. Why do we have an RV park named after him?" “Things like this really do impact the mindset of Native Americans growing up today.”

Source: Daily Sun July 11, 2020 15:33 UTC