NMDCA News:

Visitors can join a ranger-guided tour at Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site from 1–3 p.m., Saturdays, Sept.–Nov., 2025, to learn about the complicated history of the site.

Ranger Lily and Instructional Coordinator Rebekha offer a weekly guided tour of the permanent exhibition, Bosque Redondo…A Place of Suffering…A Place of Survival, which is a living testament of the “Long Walk,” and forced internment of the Diné (Navajo) and Ndé (Mescalero Apache). In addition to touring the exhibit, participants will also experience a tour of the outdoor grounds, visit the site’s flock of Navajo-Churro sheep, and walk along the footprint of old Fort Sumner.

These tours teach people about the experiences of the Diné (Navajo) and Ndé (Mescalero Apache) who were forced to live at Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation in the 1860s, as well as stories of their resilience and hope through time. The tour is included with general admission of $7/adult and free for children 16 and younger, Tribal members, NM disabled veterans, NM foster families, Friends of Bosque Redondo Memorial, and MNMF members.