FYI>>>> RENAMING CARSON PARK SPURS DEBATE IN TAOS. “Sam Jiron grew up believing that Christopher “Kit” Carson was a noble man, a great leader and scout whose place in American history should be revered. Over time, Jiron, now 43, has come to a different belief. “He was a murderer,” Jiron, a Taos Pueblo member, said Thursday while sitting on a shaded patch of grass in a 19-acre park named after the famed frontiersman. It’s a sentiment shared by others, including newly elected town Councilor Fritz Hahn, a white man who was part of a majority vote last week to strip Carson’s name from the park and rename it Red Willow in deference to Native Americans. The Tuesday vote, intended to ease some of the pain that many indigenous people still feel about Carson and other settlers, reignited a bitter debate in New Mexico over the recognition and honor that should be placed on historical figures with complicated pasts. Hahn said he has been flooded with complaints from “angry” constituents since the council renamed the park, where Carson and his third wife, Josefa Jaramillo Carson, are buried side by side. Hahn said he has been encouraging people to attend the next council meeting June 24 to voice their concerns, but he’s not going to change his mind. For the complete article go to -- Santa Fe New Mexican, The (NM) - Saturday, June 14, 2014.
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