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A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling over the Memory of Sand Creek

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by Ari Kelman


  Sand Creek, Jeff Campbell’s theory of location of, 273–278, 275

  Sand Creek Descendants Association, 157–158

  Sand Creek forum, on Kiowa County website, 221–228, 241–242, 250–251

  Sand Creek massacre: Bent’s story of, 8–9, 33–43, 48, 119, 155, 266–267; in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, 209–213; Chivington’s story of, 8–18, 40, 41, 42–43, 52, 67, 89, 191–195; enduring controversy over responsibility for, 205–206; Jackson’s story of, 215–218; nineteenth-century investigations of, 192–195; pain of commemorating, 5–6, 19–20, 43; Soule’s story of, 8–9, 22–29, 31, 37, 40, 42–43, 175. See also Sand Creek massacre site

  Sand Creek Massacre, The (Eugene Ridgely Sr.), 113

  Sand Creek Massacre Descendants Committee, 32

  Sand Creek Massacre Descendants Trust, 70

  Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, 2; formal establishment of, 261–262; National Park Service’s outreach about and responses to, 162–164; opening ceremony, 1, 2, 4–8, 18–19, 20–22, 29–33, 262; public support for, 163; repatriation of remains and, 263–267

  Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Establishment Act (2000), 177–179, 180–181, 184–185, 246

  Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Trust Act (2004), 246–248

  Sand Creek massacre site, 19, 106, 152, 261; archeological research, 50, 80, 102–106, 112, 121–129, 128; congressional hearings into, 173–174, 176–179; Ellis and Halaas’s research, 46, 47, 48–50, 57, 60, 63, 64, 69, 71; historical misconceptions about, 60–62; historical research into, 87–107; markers and memorials, 51–55, 52, 54, 56, 62, 72–79, 75, 77, 105; massacre descendants’ beliefs about, 65, 80, 126; National Park Service preparation for search, 71–72, 80–86; oral history, descendant’s reliance on, 139–141; oral history research, 107–121, 134, 141–142, 160; September 11 and renewed concerns about memorial, 189–190; written records’ importance to descendants, 141–151. See also Dawson, William, property of

  Sand Creek Massacre Spiritual Healing Run, 115, 259

  “Sand Creek: Tragedy and Symbol” (Gary Roberts), 83

  Sandlin, Carolyn, 114

  Sankey, Alonzo, 248, 258

  Schurz, Carl, 214–215

  Scott, Doug, 83, 150; archeological research and, 50, 80, 112, 122–123, 125–128, 132–134, 136–137; background, 64; Black Kettle’s village location and, 153, 154; Bowens and, 186–187, 240; conclusions about site location, 138–139; Dawson property and, 64–65, 181–183; Jeff Campbell’s theory of Sand Creek location and, 274; National Park Service map of site and, 166, 168

  September 11, 2001: concerns about Sand Creek memorial and, 189–191; Lee Pedro’s remarks about, 248, 249–250

  Shafroth, John, 74

  Sherman, William Tecumseh, 99–100, 103, 144, 150

  Shore, Roy, 92–93

  Sickles, Daniel, 176

  Sipes, John, 243

  Site Location Study (National Park Service), 151–152, 152, 164–170, 168, 169, 173, 182, 273

  Slough, John P., 175

  Smith, Duane, 78–79

  Snyder, Mike, 108, 248

  Sonntag, Steven, 259

  Soule, Annie, 25–26

  Soule, Hersa, 175

  Soule, Silas, 12, 22, 191, 193, 205; letters of, 174–175, 177–178, 265, 269; murder of, 175–176; story of massacre, 8–9, 22–29, 31, 37, 40, 42–43, 175

  Southwest Entertainment. See Druck, Jim

  Spencer, Jim, 238

  Spotted Tail, 37

  Spude, Cathy, 62, 71–72, 76, 77–78, 80–82, 107

  Squires, Charles, 175–176

  Standing Bear, 214–215

  Stanton, Edwin, 22, 67, 146, 172

  Star, 147

  State Historical Fund (SHF), of Colorado, 45–47, 153

  Steele, Robert, 74

  Stevens, Ted, 235, 239

  Stevenson, Kate, 65

  Steward, Paul, 52, 53

  Sumner, Charles, 22

  Sutteer, Barbara, 84–85, 120–121, 129, 133, 135

  Tabor, Robert, 198, 200, 201, 203, 232

  Tammeus, Steve, 202

  Tappan, Samuel, 172–173, 175, 176, 193

  Thomas, Craig, 176–177

  Thomas, Tom, 268, 269–272, 275

  Tibbles, Thomas, 214

  Turner, Frederick Jackson, 34, 90

  Turner, Ted, 58–59

  United States, creation narratives of, 278–279

  U.S. Geological Survey maps, used in National Park Service historical research, 98–99

  Utley, Robert, 5, 92

  Van Loan, C. E., 60–61

  Vickers, W. B., 215

  Walksalong, William, 32–33

  War Bonnet, 24

  Warner, John, 177

  Washington Chronicle, 195

  Wegman-French, Lysa, 83–84, 87–90, 98

  “What’s in a Name?” (Limerick), 91, 92

  Whitacre, Christine, 83–84, 88; Black Kettle’s village location controversy, 136–137, 139; Dawson property acquisition and, 184; Site Location Study and, 151–152, 154, 164–170, 173

  White, Richard, 212

  White Antelope: blanket of, 157; death song of, 39, 138, 203, 210, 265, 278; Soule’s story of massacre and, 24; treaties and, 118, 131, 132

  White Leaf, 37

  Williams, P. M., 60–61

  Wilson, Luther, 227

  Wisconsin, University of, 248

  Wood, Dorothy, 71

  Works Progress Administration, massacre site location and, 61–62

  Wounded Knee massacre, 84, 209–213. See also Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

  Wynkoop, Edward, 67, 174, 175, 265; Bent’s story of massacre and, 36; Chivington’s story of massacre and, 14, 192; Soule’s story of massacre and, 22, 23–24, 26–29

  Yellowman, Gordon, 2

  Zakhem, Charles, 229–231

  Zimmerman, Karl, 265

 

 

 


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