Sand Creek Massacre

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In the book, A Misplaced Massacre Struggling Over the Memory of Sand Creek by Dr. Ari Kelman is trying to set the record straight about what really happened and why we needed to make the land of the historic massacre to be transformed as an historic land. Kelman expose the fact that many people don't know or care enough to get it right. Throughout our history, events like the Sand Creek Massacre have shaped our outlook on life. This event affected the lives of many children, women, and men who were Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians. It happened on November 29, 1864. A fight occurred over land, and led by Colonel John Chivington, a group of soldiers attacked the village. Two hundred people were killed that day. As a result of this terrible …show more content…

It is important in American history because it was a terrible violation of everything the US constitution is supposed to protect, and it was done by the US Army, and the victims were women and children. To this day there is still bitterness between the descendants of the Cheyenne and Arapaho and the American government. Even after the massacre, Native American Reservations continued to shrink and treaties made between the United States and the Native Americans were broken many times. This second class citizen treatment plays out to today with Native American Reservations still have high poverty rates, low education levels, and other issues. For example, women vs men in the workforce. The Sand Creek Massacre still affects us today because it is an important part of history. The Indians were not a threat to the soldiers. The soldiers attacked the Indians because they did not view them as equals. There were times in the 50's and 60's and even today that African Americans were singled out and killed such as Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, and if a white person had even just a little fear that an African American was guilty of a crime, they were hung and in some instances in the middle of town It is also like with the white cops have been killing black kids today. If we don't learn from history, we are doomed to repeat

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