It is not just about changing the names of places and apologies. We need a shift in all of our thinking to Indigenous ways that look at both history and future growth in a circular, sustainable man…
On the 150th anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre, I stood on the steps of the Colorado State Capitol when then-Governor John Hickenlooper delivered an official apology for the massacre perpetrated on my people.
Gov. John Hickenlooper, right, backed by tribal leaders, speaks to members and supporters of the Arapaho and Cheyenne Native American tribes at a gathering marking the 150th anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre, on the steps of the state Capitol in Denver, Wednesday Dec. 3, 2014. During his speech, Hickenlooper apologized on behalf of the state for the massacre. Chief Whiteman Jr. is standing behind Hickenlooper and told the governor about his family members who were at the Sand Creek Masacre.
Have you ever heard the stories of the Cheyenne and Arapaho people and how we were effectively driven from the state of Colorado? This continues to affect us today and deprives Coloradans of gaining a deeper connection to this land through our teachings. Have you ever thought about the need to find a resolution for all our future generations?
Vehoc was a little boy, on November 29, 1864, when the Third Regiment of Colorado Volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington, fell into a peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho village flying white peace and American flags. White Antelope, a relative on my mother’s side, who advocated peace, was massacred and mutilated there, alongside many women and children. In many ways, our people were driven from the state of Colorado.
Our ancestors taught us to talk to storms, they did not run from them, they turned into them, like the buffalo, because they knew they were going to come out on the other side. Our buffalo were almost driven to extinction and with them, ecosystems like buffalo grass and we have slowly been bringing both back. Along with the buffalo, the horse has the same gifts that can reconnect us to spirit and right-brained ways of thinking.
My great-grandparents took our Cheyenne teachings, which are more needed now than ever, underground to protect them through the genocidal campaigns, falsely referred to as the Indian wars. On June 25, 1876, my ancestors took a stand at the Battle of the Little Bighorn to protect our way of life, the air, land, and water.
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