At rest, at last: Northern Arapaho repatriates remains from Chicago museum
It took tribal preservation employees five years to bring skulls home to the Wind River reservation. “We finally were able to get them laid to rest.”
Source: wyofile.com
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A new film documents efforts by the city of Boulder to offer reparations to tribes for the Sand Creek Massacre
On November 29, 1864, Colorado’s third cavalry descended on a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho, mostly women, children and elders. The massacre that ensued is often considered one of the worst in U.S. history. Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper has apologized for the massacre, but the Northern Arapaho tribe is now negotiating with the City of Boulder for other reparations: some land where the troops trained. Wyoming Public Radio’s Melodie Edwards spoke with Alan O’Hashi, a documentary filmmaker who just released a film about the negotiations.
Source: wyomingpublicmedia.org