Sand Creek decisions create hope

"The Sand Creek massacre profoundly affected families, Cheyenne tribal leadership and traditional structure, and intercultural relations across the West," said Otto Braided Hair, Northern Cheyenne, and Bill Tall Bull, Cheyenne, co -chairs of the annual Sand Creek Massacre Spiritual Healing...

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Published inIndian country today (Oneida, N.Y.) Vol. 30; no. 28
Main Author Berry, Carol
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oneida, N.Y Indian Country Today 15.12.2010
Subjects
Federal funding
Historic buildings & sites
Massacres
Methodist churches
Native North Americans
Sand Creek
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Summary:"The Sand Creek massacre profoundly affected families, Cheyenne tribal leadership and traditional structure, and intercultural relations across the West," said Otto Braided Hair, Northern Cheyenne, and Bill Tall Bull, Cheyenne, co -chairs of the annual Sand Creek Massacre Spiritual Healing Run, which commemorates the tragedy. After city and state proclamations of Nov. 25 - 27 as Healing Run and Remembrance Days by Dennis Gallagher, city auditor, and Carol Harvey, executive secretary of the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs, other speakers included Byron Strohm, a Soule descendant who read his ancestor's account of the atrocities against women and children at Sand Creek; Karen Little Coyote, Southern Cheyenne; Reginald Kills Night, Northern Cheyenne; and Jay Alire, a key Denver organizer of the event.
ISSN:1066-5501