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Spring 2019
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Remembering Sand Creek

Representatives of Sand Creek Massacre descendants gathered on campus to share reflections.

Image: Adam Sings in the Timber

In November members of the Chicago-area Native American community and representatives of Sand Creek Massacre descendants gathered on campus to share reflections at a bonfire and a panel discussion. U.S. Army cavalry soldiers slaughtered approximately 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho Native Americans on Nov. 29, 1864, at Sand Creek in Colorado. University founder John Evans was the governor and superintendent of Indian Affairs of the Colorado Territory at the time. Northwestern has made Native American research a priority in recent years. 

Read more about the Sand Creek Massacre or read about the John Evans Study Committee and their findings.

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