Remembering a Massacre

Today marks the 150th anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre, and there will be ceremonies and programs for much of the day at the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site in southeastern Colorado, just outside of Eads. Monument Hill will be closed to the public in the morning while tribal...

By Patricia Calhoun

November 27, 2014

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Today marks the 150th anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre, and there will be ceremonies and programs for much of the day at the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site in southeastern Colorado, just outside of Eads. Monument Hill will be closed to the public in the morning while tribal descendants gather there, but a park ranger will be in the picnic area at 10 a.m. to describe the surprise attack on the peaceful village, when upwards of 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho were killed. A program at noon will focus on Black Kettle, the Cheyenne chief who survived the attack. Monument Hill will reopen at 1 p.m.

The action will move to Eads at 3 p.m., when park staff will be at the Crow Luther Cultural Events Center for free showings of two new film documentaries, including The Sand Creek Massacre and the Civil War, the National Park Service documentary produced by Denver-based Post Modern Company that had its world premiere in October at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. Find more information on all of these events at nps.gov.

But you don’t need to drive three hours to learn more about this dark chapter of Colorado history. History Colorado will also host a screening of The Sand Creek Massacre and the Civil War at 2 p.m. at 1200 Broadway; executive producer David Emrich will hold a brief Q & A after the movie. The screening is free with museum admission; for more information, go to historycolorado.org.
Sat., Nov. 29, 2014

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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