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Remembering the US soldiers who refused orders to murder Native Americans at Sand Creek

  • Written by Billy J. Stratton, Professor of Native American studies/contemporary American literature, University of Denver

Every Thanksgiving weekend for the past 17 years, Arapaho and Cheyenne youth lead a 180-mile relay from the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site to Denver.

The annual Sand Creek Massacre Spiritual Healing Run opens at the site of the Sand Creek Massacre near Eads, Colorado, with a sunrise ceremony honoring some 200 Arapaho and Cheyenne people...

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