Witness at Sand Creek” traces Capt. Silas Soule’s life through his letters that reveal why he refused to fire on Cheyenne and ...

At dawn on November 29, 1864, Colonel John Chivington led more than 600 volunteers and troops with the First and Third Colorado Regiments on a violent raid of a peaceful village of Cheyenne and ...

Nearly 158 years ago, on Nov. 29, 1864, Colonel Chivington led U.S. Army soldiers in an attack on innocent Cheyenne and Arapaho people, mostly women, children and elders on Big Sandy Creek in ...

On Nov. 29, 1864, Colonel Chivington led U.S. Army soldiers in an attack on innocent Cheyenne and Arapaho people, mostly women, children and elders on Big Sandy Creek in southeastern Colorado. What ...

Cinnamon Kills First will never forget the first time she visited the Sand Creek Massacre site in Colorado. “It changed the way I walked in the world,” she said. She is a direct descendant of Sand ...

It’s been a long time coming. But then, the Sand Creek Massacre was 150 years ago, and the wounds are still fresh for the descendants of those who were injured or killed by Colonel John Chivington’s ...

Students created tobacco ties and a banner Monday as part of the Sand Creek Massacre Commemoration: Making Activity event that honors Native American Lives lost in the tragedy. The event was the ...

Back in 2013, when the History Colorado Center shut down its first Sand Creek Massacre exhibition due to protests from Native Americans, it was more than a local scandal and an enduring embarrassment ...

CSWS holds lecture about the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 The 1864 Sand Creek Massacre was a dark part of Colorado history. It was the focus of a Wednesday presentation at the Center of Southwest ...

Ten years after first trying to tell the story of the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre, History Colorado will try again, with an exhibit called “The Sand Creek Massacre: The Betrayal that Changed Cheyenne and ...

A petition is asking people to support removing a statue in front of the Colorado state capitol building, claiming it memorializes John Chivington, a Civil War-era colonel who led the Sand Creek ...

As we grieve recent events in Israel and deplore the barbarity of that attack, it behooves us to reflect as well on our own history. Nov. 29 marks the anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864.