“We will never forget the hundreds of lives that were brutally taken here – men, women and children murdered in an unprovoked attack. “The events that took place here forever changed the course of the Northern Cheyenne, Northern Arapaho, and Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,” she said. She declared that it is her department’s “solemn responsibility” to “tell the story of our nation.”

She has also formally declared “squaw” a derogatory term and taken steps to remove it from federal government use and to replace other derogatory place names.Įxpansion of the Sand Creek Massacre site will provide more opportunities for visitors to learn about the 1864 massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho, most of them women and children, Haaland said Wednesday. government supported to strip Indigenous people of their cultures and identities. Haaland’s selection to lead the federal agency that has wielded influence over the nation’s tribes for nearly two centuries was hailed as historic by Democrats and tribal groups who said it meant that Indigenous people - who lived in North America before the United States was created - would for the first time see a Native American lead the powerful department where decisions on relations with the nearly 600 federally recognized tribes are made.Įarlier this year, the agency released a first-of-its-kind report about Native American boarding schools that the U.S. Haaland’s “Tribal Homelands Initiative” supports fundraising to buy land and requires federal managers to seek out Indigenous knowledge about resources. The move marks the latest step taken by Haaland to act on issues important to Native Americans in her role as Interior Secretary. Cabinet agency, made the announcement during a solemn ceremony at the Sand Creek Massacre National Historical Site about 170 miles (272 kilometers) southeast of Denver to honor the dead, survivors and their descendants. Haaland, the first Native American to lead a U.S. troops of more than 200 Native Americans in what is now southeastern Colorado.

DENVER (AP) - Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced an expansion Wednesday of a National Park Service historical site dedicated to t he massacre by U.S.

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