https://niwotlivinghistory.org/sand-creek-videos https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yWa4zkKOdiM/hqdefault.jpg Sand Creek Massacre 150 Year Symposium — Part 01: Welcome and Blessing José Barriero of the National Museum of the American Indian and Alexa Roberts, Superintendent of the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, welcome attendees to the day-long sesquicentennial symposium. Henrietta Mann, President of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal College, opens the gathering with a blessing. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yWa4zkKOdiM 2014-10-16T12:46:23-07:00 483 yes no no Welcome & Opening José Barriero, Alexa Roberts & Henrietta Mann https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hXSmQ1E7ENU/hqdefault.jpg Sand Creek Massacre 150 Year Symposium — Part 02: Opening Remarks Superintendent Alexa Roberts and Tribal Liaison Karen Wilde of the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site frame the day's program. Their remarks set the tone for a symposium centered on truth, memory, and the ongoing relationship between the National Park Service and the Cheyenne and Arapaho descendant communities. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hXSmQ1E7ENU 2014-10-16T12:49:21-07:00 686 yes no no Welcome & Opening Alexa Roberts & Karen Wilde https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bYzGB0MTBX0/hqdefault.jpg Sand Creek Massacre 150 Year Symposium — Part 03: Causes and Consequences — Gary L. Roberts Historian Gary L. Roberts, who has researched Sand Creek since 1963 and wrote his doctoral dissertation on the massacre, traces the political, military, and racial conditions that made the attack possible. Drawing on a half-century of primary-source work and consultation with the tribes, he examines how the violence of November 29, 1864 has been remembered and misremembered. https://www.youtube.com/embed/bYzGB0MTBX0 2014-10-16T12:49:21-07:00 1324 yes no no Causes and Consequences Dr. Gary L. Roberts https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JDbArspYV7o/hqdefault.jpg Sand Creek Massacre 150 Year Symposium — Part 04: Causes and Consequences — Henrietta Mann Dr. Henrietta Mann, founding figure of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal College and Professor Emerita at Montana State University, speaks on “The Tsistsistas and Hinónóéí Road to Sand Creek.” Her talk grounds the massacre in the lifeways, treaty experience, and homelands of the Cheyenne and Arapaho peoples before and after 1864. https://www.youtube.com/embed/JDbArspYV7o 2014-10-16T12:49:21-07:00 1617 yes no no Causes and Consequences Dr. Henrietta Mann (Cheyenne) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Su5tqrDGN-I/hqdefault.jpg Sand Creek Massacre 150 Year Symposium — Part 05: Causes and Consequences — David Halaas Former Colorado State Historian David Halaas — author of “Halfbreed: The Remarkable True Story of George Bent” and longtime consultant to the Northern Cheyenne Tribe — examines the political and military causes of the massacre. He draws on his Senate testimony and his presence at the 1998 signing of the legislation that created the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Su5tqrDGN-I 2014-10-16T12:49:21-07:00 1391 yes no no Causes and Consequences Dr. David Fridtjof Halaas https://i.ytimg.com/vi/n0otLo0NgOU/hqdefault.jpg Sand Creek Massacre 150 Year Symposium — Part 06: Causes and Consequences — Jeff Campbell Investigator and historian Jeff C. Campbell brings fourteen years of criminal-investigation methods to the massacre site, treating the topography itself as a primary witness. He argues that 150 years of imprecise language has distorted public understanding and walks through evidence reestablishing the events of November 29 – December 1, 1864. https://www.youtube.com/embed/n0otLo0NgOU 2014-10-16T12:49:21-07:00 1350 yes no no Causes and Consequences Jeff C. Campbell https://i.ytimg.com/vi/K6DfI-kbHvo/hqdefault.jpg Sand Creek Massacre 150 Year Symposium — Part 07: Multigenerational Impacts — Craig Moore Craig Moore, a 35-year National Park Service veteran at Bent’s Old Fort, Washita Battlefield, and Sand Creek, speaks to Southern Cheyenne history and family genealogy. He draws on his role organizing the 1987 Bent family reunion and decades of programs tracing how descendant families carry the massacre forward. https://www.youtube.com/embed/K6DfI-kbHvo 2014-10-17T06:28:39-07:00 1022 yes no no Multigenerational Impacts Craig Moore https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1ApViRzxkm4/hqdefault.jpg Sand Creek Massacre 150 Year Symposium — Part 09: Multigenerational Impacts — Karen Little Coyote Karen Little Coyote, a Southern Cheyenne descendant and tribal representative to the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, shares the history of the site and its memorial work. Her remarks bring the descendant voice into the federal partnership that now stewards the ground where the massacre occurred. https://www.youtube.com/embed/1ApViRzxkm4 2014-10-16T12:49:21-07:00 181 yes no no Multigenerational Impacts Karen Little Coyote (Southern Cheyenne) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/82_7xkAgMk8/hqdefault.jpg Sand Creek Massacre 150 Year Symposium — Part 10: Multigenerational Impacts — Tom Meier Historian and photographer Tom Meier, retired President of the Boulder Historical Society, recounts decades of collaborative work with Northern Arapaho leaders, beginning with Eugene J. Ridgely, Sr. in 1985. He documents the Sand Creek Massacre Spiritual Healing Runs and the Northern Arapaho “Coming Home” commemorations he helped coordinate in Boulder. https://www.youtube.com/embed/82_7xkAgMk8 2014-10-16T12:49:21-07:00 990 yes no no Multigenerational Impacts Tom Meier https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mLtil0HEhAA/hqdefault.jpg Sand Creek Massacre 150 Year Symposium — Part 11: Multigenerational Impacts — Gail Ridgely Gail Ridgely, Northern Arapaho Sand Creek Massacre Representative and descendant, presents “An Oral History of the ‘Sand Creek Massacre’ Painting” depicted on elk hide by the late Eugene Ridgley, Sr. He weaves the painting’s imagery together with the Government-to-Government work carried out under P.L. 105-243. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mLtil0HEhAA 2014-10-16T12:49:21-07:00 678 yes no no Multigenerational Impacts Gail Ridgely (Northern Arapaho) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nTqoYn32e6Y/hqdefault.jpg Sand Creek Massacre 150 Year Symposium — Part 12: Memorialization and Healing — Norma Gourneau Norma Gourneau, former Vice President of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe and a member of the Sand Creek Massacre Site Project Committee, speaks on “Sand Creek through My Great Grandmother’s Memories.” Her testimony carries the massacre forward through the inherited memory of a descendant family. https://www.youtube.com/embed/nTqoYn32e6Y 2014-10-16T12:49:21-07:00 1633 yes no no Memorialization and Healing Norma Gourneau (Northern Cheyenne) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Vqles9RjvJQ/hqdefault.jpg Sand Creek Massacre 150 Year Symposium — Part 13: Memorialization and Healing — Ben Nighthorse Campbell Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, a Northern Cheyenne Council of 44 Chief and the first American Indian to chair the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, speaks on “The Memorialization of Sand Creek.” He recounts the legislative path that established the National Historic Site and the work of memory it sustains. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Vqles9RjvJQ 2014-10-16T12:49:21-07:00 1382 yes no no Memorialization and Healing Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Northern Cheyenne) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0krmAKXqnBk/hqdefault.jpg Sand Creek Massacre 150 Year Symposium — Part 14: Memorialization and Healing — Ari Kelman Historian Ari Kelman, McCabe Greer Professor at Penn State and author of the Bancroft Prize–winning “A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling Over the Memory of Sand Creek,” speaks on “Remembering Sand Creek at the Sesquicentennial.” He examines the long, contested struggle to mark the site and tell the story honestly. https://www.youtube.com/embed/0krmAKXqnBk 2014-10-16T12:49:21-07:00 1405 yes no no Memorialization and Healing Dr. Ari Kelman https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k4KWOzkD7X8/hqdefault.jpg Sand Creek Massacre 150 Year Symposium — Part 15: Memorialization and Healing — Henry Lee Little Bird, Sr. Henry Lee Little Bird, Sr. speaks on “How the Sand Creek Massacre Affected Our Lives and How it Made us a Stronger and More Loving and Caring Tribe.” His remarks turn from grief to the tribal strength carried forward through generations of survivors. https://www.youtube.com/embed/k4KWOzkD7X8 2014-10-16T12:49:21-07:00 1220 yes no no Memorialization and Healing Henry Lee Little Bird, Sr. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/30ic9bknRTs/hqdefault.jpg Sand Creek Massacre 150 Year Symposium — Part 16: Closing Remarks — Al Addison Northern Arapaho Councilman Anthony “Al” Addison, Sr., a member of the Northern Arapaho Business Council and a Sand Creek descendant, delivers closing remarks. He speaks as both an elected leader and a direct inheritor of the massacre’s legacy. https://www.youtube.com/embed/30ic9bknRTs 2014-10-16T12:49:21-07:00 772 yes no no Closing Remarks Anthony “Al” Addison, Sr. (Northern Arapaho) https://niwotlivinghistory.org/elder-conversations-videos https://i.ytimg.com/vi/q8zRW8B3YlQ/hqdefault.jpg Nowoo3, Neva & Snake Woman Southern Arapaho Elder Fred Mosqueda shares the story of Chief Nowoo3, his brother Neva, and their older sister Mahom, also known as Snake Woman, whose family survived the Sand Creek Massacre. He explains how Mahom’s daughters used their English-language skills as interpreters during treaty negotiations that ultimately forced the Arapaho People to Oklahoma. https://www.youtube.com/embed/q8zRW8B3YlQ 2025-06-11T06:57:15-07:00 325 yes no no Oral history Niwot Living History https://i.ytimg.com/vi/D_TgBcaLtMg/hqdefault.jpg Legacy of the Sand Creek Massacre Fred Mosqueda and Chester Whiteman reflect on the Sand Creek Massacre, Chief Nowoo3’s death from his injuries, and the false “Indian Uprising” narrative repeated in Boulder County. They recount how Cheyenne and Arapaho leaders were denied an opportunity to negotiate peace and emphasize the enduring resilience of their peoples. https://www.youtube.com/embed/D_TgBcaLtMg 2025-06-11T06:57:47-07:00 702 yes no no Oral history Niwot Living History https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yzA8DGrRf70/hqdefault.jpg Perspectives of Relationship Building Fred Mosqueda and Chester Whiteman share their experiences building relationships with local governments, nonprofits, and other organizations across Colorado. They explain that truthful storytelling, mutual effort, and respect are necessary for healing and moving forward together. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yzA8DGrRf70 2025-06-11T06:57:25-07:00 353 yes no no Oral history Niwot Living History https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NRaNSEjnAnM/hqdefault.jpg Go Beyond a Land Acknowledgment Fred Mosqueda and Chester Whiteman discuss how communities can move beyond land acknowledgments by bringing Tribal Nations to the table and recognizing the knowledge they contribute. They call for tangible, face-to-face collaboration that creates shared benefits and turns passive statements into action. https://www.youtube.com/embed/NRaNSEjnAnM 2025-06-11T06:57:04-07:00 175 yes no no Oral history Niwot Living History https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FMGQwGuP3B0/hqdefault.jpg What Can We Do Together? Fred Mosqueda and Chester Whiteman discuss co-stewardship, efforts to bring buffalo back to Boulder County, and the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes’ desire to return to Colorado. They describe that homecoming as a collaborative opportunity grounded in strong relationships and the question, “What can we do together?” https://www.youtube.com/embed/FMGQwGuP3B0 2025-06-11T06:57:57-07:00 203 yes no no Oral history Niwot Living History https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xbBEiWL3vpk/hqdefault.jpg Naming Mount Blue Sky Fred Mosqueda and Chester Whiteman recount their collaboration to rename Mount Evans as Mount Blue Sky. They describe uniting Tribal Nations and government agencies around a name intended to honor both Arapaho and Cheyenne people without causing further harm. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xbBEiWL3vpk 2025-06-11T06:57:35-07:00 416 yes no no Oral history Niwot Living History https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fL2wGpiwM7k/hqdefault.jpg Traditional Ecological Knowledge Fred Mosqueda and Chester Whiteman discuss Traditional Ecological Knowledge and how their ancestors’ understanding of plants, animals, water, and natural systems remains vital today. https://www.youtube.com/embed/fL2wGpiwM7k 2025-06-11T06:58:07-07:00 258 yes no no Oral history Niwot Living History https://i.ytimg.com/vi/it4JMJ1XBwQ/hqdefault.jpg Arapaho and Cheyenne Languages Fred Mosqueda and Chester Whiteman discuss efforts to preserve Arapaho and Cheyenne languages and teach them to new generations, emphasizing that these living oral languages are best sustained through face-to-face conversation. https://www.youtube.com/embed/it4JMJ1XBwQ 2025-06-11T06:58:16-07:00 344 yes no no Oral history Niwot Living History