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Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
Map of the United States
Map of the United States
Location: Kiowa County, CO, USA
Nearest city: Eads, Colorado
Area: 2,385 acres (9.65 km²)
Established: April 27, 2007
Governing body: National Park Service

Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site is a National Historic Site in Kiowa County, Colorado near Eads and Chivington commemorating the Sand Creek Massacre. The site is about 80 miles (130 km) southeast of Denver. A few basic park facilities have been opened at this site. The pictured monument is very close to the actual site.

In 1999, archaeological teams from the National Park Service, Dept. of the Interior BLM, Colorado Historical Society and accompanied by Native American observers, made a major archaeological discovery of remains of the massacre site. Large numbers of period bullets, camp equipment, and other items convinced the NPS that they had found the correct site. Subsequent transfers of ownership from the Dawson family, former owners of the property have left the title of the site to the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes with management to be undertaken by NPS. The National Park Service offers scheduled Ranger led programs without charge during the site's hours of operation, from 9 am - 4 pm, April 1st - December 1st, or by advance appointment in the slower winter season.

The Historical Site was authorized by Public Law 106-465 on November 7, 2000, in order to "recognize the national significance of the massacre in American history, and its ongoing significance to the Cheyenne and Arapaho people and the descendants of the massacre victims." The law authorized establishment of the site once the National Park Service acquired sufficient land from willing sellers to preserve, commemorate, and interpret the massacre. The site near the junction of County Road 54 and County Road "W" was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 28, 2001. On August 2, 2005, President George W. Bush gave final approval for the site. On April 23, 2007 it was announced that site would become America's 391st official park unit[1] with an effective date of April 27, 2007.[2] The dedication ceremony was held on April 28, 2007.[3]

The authorized boundary for the National Historic Site encompasses 12,500 acres (50.6 km²). By 2004 the federal government acquired 920 acres (3.7 km²) from private land owners. On September 9, 2006 the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma conveyed to the United States title to 1,465 acres (6 km²) to be held in trust for the National Historic Site[4] bringing the total area to 2,385 acres (10 km²).

Notes

  1. U.S. Dept. of Interior. Secretary Kempthorne Creates Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site. Retrieved May 2, 2007.
  2. Dirk Kempthorne (Federal Register Volume 72, Number 81, pp. 21048-21049). Notice of Establishment of the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site. Retrieved May 2, 2007.
  3. National Park Service. Sand Creek Massacre NHS Dedication, Schedule of Events. Retrieved May 2, 2007.
  4. Dirk Kempthorne (Federal Register Volume 72, Number 81, pp. 21048-21049). Notice of Establishment of the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site. Retrieved May 2, 2007.

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