Thursday, December 6, 2012

Sand Creek Massacre Spiritual Healing Run

     The 14th Annual Sand Creek Massacre Spiritual Healing Run began Wednesday November 21, 2012 at the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site. The run is an annual event coordinated by the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana with support from the Northern Arapaho Tribe of Wyoming, the Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, the National Park Service, Town of Eads, Kiowa County, the Denver organizing committee, and History Colorado to honor those killed at the massacre. This year’s event marks the 148th Anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre.   Activities associated with the run commenced with a Prayer Ceremony at the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site. The event concluded with a candlelight vigil on the afternoon of Sunday, November 25, on the steps of the west lawn of the Colorado State Capitol on Colfax Avenue.



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