History Colorado Center Visit

Join Pastor Alycia for a special trip to the Denver History Museum. We will pay special attention to the Sand Creek Massacre exhibit to prepare for the church pilgrimage in September. Museum admission is $15 per adult (under 18 is free). We will eat lunch in Denver near the museum. Participants must register by Sunday, August 18 so we have enough rides. Please scroll to bottom of page to register and pay for the museum entrance fee. Here's more information from History Colorado about the exhibit:Join Pastor Alycia on a trip to History Colorado Museum to learn about the Sand Creek Massacre and its effect on the Cheyenne and Arapaho people on Saturday, August 24. Participants must register by Sunday, August 11 so we can have enough rides. Please fill out this form and click submit.

The Sand Creek Massacre: The Betrayal that Changed Cheyenne and Arapaho People Forever

The Sand Creek Massacre was the deadliest day in Colorado’s history, and it changed Cheyenne and Arapaho people forever. At sunrise on November 29, 1864, the US Army attacked a camp of mostly women, children, and elders on Big Sandy Creek in southeastern Colorado. The soldiers murdered more than 230 peaceful people.

History Colorado is telling the history of that betrayal from the perspectives of Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal representatives, drawn from oral histories that have been passed down for generations. Cheyenne and Arapaho people continue living with the unresolved trauma the massacre left behind. For many Cheyenne and Arapaho people, the Sand Creek Massacre isn’t just history, it’s family history.