Marking 160 years since Sand Creek Massacre

Friday marks 160 years since the Sand Creek Massacre, the deadliest day in Colorado history
It's been 160 years since the Sand Creek Massacre- when United States soldiers attacked Cheyenne and Arapaho people camped in southeastern Colorado. More than 200 innocent people mostly women, children and elders were killed.
Colorado's deadliest day: The Sand Creek Massacre
"They need to know our story," said Chester Whiteman, a member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma and tribal representative for NAGPRA and Sand Creek.
Remembering the Sand Creek Massacre, 160 Years Later
In the meantime, then-Governor John Hickenlooper created a Sand Creek Massacre Commission to determine how to mark the 150th anniversary. And in early December 2014, he stood on the steps of the Colorado Capitol and apologized to the descendants of the ...
City of Boulder will share truth of its tie to the Sand Creek Massacre in Colorado
It was the deadliest day in Colorado history: November 29, 1864 - the Sand Creek Massacre. More than 230 people -- mostly women, children and elders from the Arapaho and Cheyenne nations were killed near Eads in the Eastern Plains. The City of Boulder is working with the Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes to recognize Boulder's connection to the tragedy.
160 Years Later, Descendants of Army's Sand Creek Massacre Still Wait for Justice
Friday, Nov. 29, marks 160 years since the Sand Creek bloodshed, and the pain of the tragedy still haunts descendants of those who were slain and those who escaped.
Deadliest day in Colorado history: Marking 160 years since the Sand Creek Massacre
Friday marks 160 years since Colorado's Sand Creek Massacre, where U.S. soldiers attacked a camp of indigenous people, mostly women and children, killing hundreds.
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Sand Creek an ugly stain on Colorado’s history, resounding horror for Natives
Sources: Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site; “The Sand Creek Massacre, The Official 1865 Congressional ...
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'For the healing of our people': a Sand Creek Massacre ceremonial run returns from pandemic hiatus
Descendants of the Sand Creek Massacre victims returned to southeast Colorado this fall to resume a tradition of healing.
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160 Years Since the Sand Creek Massacre Colorado’s Deadliest Day
Friday marks 160 years since the Sand Creek Massacre, a dark chapter in Colorado's history. On November 29, 1864, over 230 ...
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Sand Creek Massacre: Petition Demands Change at Ghost Town Named for John Chivington
See also: Joe Hutchison, Colorado's New Poet Laureate, Tells the Story of Silas Soule and the Sand Creek Massacre This is a true ghost town, haunted by the legacy of Chivington -- a Methodist ...
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Second Take
“I think about that on those long drives.” The birth of the History Colorado Center’s “The Sand Creek Massacre: The Betrayal that Changed Cheyenne and Arapaho People Forever” was not an easy ...
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Sand Creek
On November 29th, 1864, while John Evans was governor of Colorado and territorial superintendent of Indian Affairs, a Cheyenne and Arapaho village along Sand Creek in the Colorado Territory ...