Healing

Though the Sand Creek Massacre has long passed, its memories live on. Cheyenne and Arapaho return here to pray and pay tribute to ancestors who both perished and survived that dreadful day. Ever resilient, the Cheyenne and Arapaho nations of today number in the thousands. Many reside in communities in western Oklahoma and on reservation lands near Ethete, Wyoming and Lame Deer, Montana. Sand Creek is a place that recalls not only the atrocities that occurred here, but those that continue to be inflicted on cultures throughout the world. It is a place to rest torments of the past and to inspire people to keep them from happening again.

Brandon, Colorado · United States