Estevan Rael-Gálvez knows the importance of recording history.
It’s been his life’s work.
On Monday, the digital project, “Native Bound-Unbound: Archive of Indigenous Americans Enslaved,” was awarded a $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Rael-Gálvez created the three-year project, which begins this month.
The project will create a digital database and centralized repository centered on the experiences and histories of millions of enslaved Indigenous Americans.
“The goal of ‘...