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UPDATE | Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Expands By Nearly 3,500 Acres

Expansion of Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site in Colorado will allow the National Park Service to better interpret the 1864 military assault on an encampment of rough 750 Arapaho and Cheyenne Plains tribal members that led to the deaths of more than 200, according to an Interior Department release.

Biden Administration Seeking Nearly $57 Million For National Park System Land Acquisitions

Preserving historic battlefields, purchasing inholdings, acquiring wildlife habitat, and purchased water rights are among the National Park Service projects the Biden administration wants to tackle with nearly $57 million from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for Fiscal 2022.
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A Public Presentation On The Legal Side Of The Indian Wars: The Sea Of Grass

Attorney, legal scholar, and author, Walter Echo-Hawk (Pawnee) will present at the Crow Luther Cultural Events Center (High Plains Theatre) in Eads, Colorado on Thursday, January 10 at 6 p.m. He will discuss his newest book “The Sea of Grass,” a novelized account of past generations of the Echo-Hawk family, and how the lives of people on the plains were shaped by the land, animals, plants, and culture.

Free Guided Walking Tour Of Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site This Weekend

The Sand Creek Massacre is a seminal event in American Indian history, a brutal massacre that took 230 Cheyenne and Arapaho lives in a surprise raid by Colorado (US) Volunteer Cavalry during the Civil War. At 10 a.m. Saturday, Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Ranger Teri Jobe will lead a free guided tour that explores the events leading up to, during, and after the attack.

150th Sand Creek Massacre Remembrance Event At The Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site

This November 29 marks the 150th year since the Sand Creek Massacre was carried out. On that fateful day, regiments of Colorado (U.S.) Volunteer Cavalry attacked a peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho village along the Big Sandy Creek. The surprise attack resulted in the deaths of approximately 200 men, women and children. Those who lost their lives will be remembered as part of the commemoration activities planned at the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site throughout the day.

Glory, Shame, and Remembrance at Colorado’s Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site

One of the most shameful episodes of the Indian Wars occurred on November 29, 1864, when Colorado militia attacked a peaceful Indian village at Sand Creek and brutally murdered women, children, infants, and old men. Though long overdue, the November 7, 2000, authorization of a national park at the massacre site testified to America’s willingness to shine light into the darker corners of its past.

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