A Different View of History
By Carol Berry
The encampment was “very much a chief’s camp,” according to Halaas, who said that 11 leaders were among those promised safety by Colorado officials—a promise that proved lethal.
The 13th Annual Sand Creek Massacre Spiritual Healing Run began from the Sand Creek Massacre National Historical Site, near Chivington, Colorado, early Thanksgiving Day to commemorate some 200 Cheyenne and Arapaho people—mostly women, children and the elderly—who were killed in a sneak attack by the 700-strong Colorado cavalry under Army Col. John Chivington.
At Colorado’s capitol, State Sen. Suzanne Williams represented Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper in proclaiming November 20–24, 2011 as Sand Creek Massacre Healing Run/Walk and Remembrance Days. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock proclaimed November 24–26 the 13th Annual Sand Creek Massacre Run/Walk Days and the Medicine Heart Singers sang an honor song for him.
Below: "In feathered headdress, Reginald Killsnight, Northern Cheyenne, addressed those who attended a ceremony at the capitol in Denver, Colorado at the end of the 13th annual Sand Creek Massacre Healing Run." (Carol Berry)
2 comments:
Chivington, Colorado reminds me of my time in Namibia with the Peace Corps. Windhoek has a Goerring Street. Wait, what?
It turns out Goerring Street isn't named after Hermann at all, but his grandfather, Heinrich, who had his own genocidal tendencies, but since they weren't white people, nobody cares.
Why use Heap Of Birds as an example? As an art professor at the University of Oklahoma, he is more critical of native artists over Anglo artists whom he prefers to keep as his entourage and does not like traditional native art?
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