"The Sand Creek Massacre"

The Sand Creek Massacre is an examination of an open wound in the souls of the Cheyenne people as told from their perspective. On November 29, 1864, troops from the Colorado 1st & 3rd regiments and troops from New Mexico, savagely slaughtered 450 peace-seeking Cheyenne and Arapaho babies, children, persons with disabilities, elders, women and men under its protection in the southeast Colorado Territory. This film chronicles that horrific 19th century event and its affect on the 21st century struggle for respectful coexistence between white and Native American plains cultures.

Donald L. Vasicek
Olympus Films+, LLC
http://www.donvasicek.com
dvasicek@earthlink.net

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• sand
• creek
• massacre
• western
• movies
• Cheyenne
• Arapaho
• Black
• Kettle
• Civil
• War
• Abraham
• Lincoln
• George
• Custer

[AuroraAbstract]

Wonderful video! Whites for Indians should see this! Non- Natives need to watch and appreciate what really happened. It's time to give back to Native Americans!It's time the US Govt. make an official apology for all of the wrongs that were done!

[FREEW0RLD2012]

They don't teach THIS in American schools.EVER.They don't teach about the truth of anything,especially what was REALLY done to the pnaci. Oh no,they gloss right over that. And every November they have the kids dress up like pnaci,and kids dress up like 'settlers',how they were welcomed,how they ate together...nothing but fairy tale lies.They don't tell us how they took pnaci children from their families and took they're language and customs from them.They dressed them in white man clothes.

[chriscontrare]

Another massacre carried out for the advancement of civilisation.....

[cjacez]

I've always known that I ways Native. Though I never knew which tribe till recently when I got in contact with my family. I am Cheyenne. When i found out I wanted to find out more about the Cheyenne. I read a few articles on the Sand Creek Massacre, but never really took a hold to it till now (after watching this). Thank you for posting this.

[nvccpuller]

the untold story,,,,,,,,,,,, god help us

[uproar123]

The Sand Creek Massacre was one of the most blatantly horrific, brutally evil, heinous acts of the many commited by the military during the Indian Wars. An unfathomable atrocity. As bad as Custer was, Chivington made Custer look like Mother Theresa. Horribly tragic.

[KWEKOSHKUKI12]

my people had to exprience the horror and torment,,,,,,all cuase of custard FUCK CUSTARD LIL PUNK ASS BITCH

[bearclawgirl]

me too

[nothingisgreener]

I'm a teacher and we are covering this in my class! The problem is that there is a lot of material that we need to cover in such a short amount of time. I only have 18 weeks but more then 30 chapters. We are also talking about Wounded Knee and the Reservations. As far as solutions go, I proposed that we have four years of American History in high school. This will give us enough time to go into a detailed study of it. Get involved!

[greenhulk1982]

What a horrible tragic thing to happen to native americans and I think that history books should finally reflect the truth of the sand creek massacre great informative video

[tuddyfruity4]

why do you keep forgetting this, it was not that long ago. We do not pay enough attention to this, us govt and ignorant people cont to treat these people as well as other people different from them poorly.