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On this day in 1864, the US army massacred a peaceful village of Cheyenne & Arapaho Native Americans w/ canons, killing 150 ppl (mostly women, children & elderly men). They fired on villagers fleeing for their lives, then looted & set fire to the village. #SandCreekMassacre 
Colorado’s territorial governor John Evans had Col. John Chivington create a cavalry to hunt down Native Americans in Colorado. John Evans believed that Native Americans were “heathen savages” without souls. Today, Colorado’s 12th highest mountain peak is named after Evans.
Abraham Lincoln appointed John Evans (who was his friend) to the governorship of Colorado, and Lincoln approved Evan’s order for Coloradans to "shoot on sight" any member of any tribe due to fear of attacks when most of the state's troops were away fighting in the civil war.
#tdih 1864, US Army, ignoring flag of peace and agreements, massacred Cheyenne and Arapaho in Sand Creek Massacre. #terrorism Capt'n Soule, an abolitionist, ordered his troops not to fire and later testified about event. He was assassinated. Read ⬇️zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sand…
Before #SandCreekMassacre, Commissioner of Indian Affairs presented Black Kettle (2nd from left, front row) with a 34 star flag, saying soldiers would never fire on him as long as he flew it. The chief flew the flag, along with a white flag as a further sign of peace.
In this @TeenVogue op-ed, Ruth Hopkins, a Dakota/Lakota Sioux writer, biologist, attorney, and former tribal judge, writes about the throughline between events like the Sand Creek Massacre and today's mass shootings. #tdih teenvogue.com/story/sand-cre…
On this day in 1864, the US army massacred a peaceful village of Cheyenne & Arapaho Native Americans w/ canons, killing 150 ppl (mostly women, children & elderly men). They fired on villagers fleeing for their lives, then looted & set fire to the village. #SandCreekMassacre
With the discovery of Gold in Colorado, territorial officials pressured the US government to help them push Native Americans off land, which had been guaranteed to them under the Treaty of Fort Laramie.
Colorado’s territorial governor John Evans had Colonel John Chivington create a Cavalry to hunt down Native Americans in Colorado. John Evans believed that Native Americans were “heathen savages” without souls. Today, Colorado’s 12th highest mountain peak is named after Evans.
