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Statement Opposing Provisions in the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA)
October 28, 2026
The Sand Creek Massacre Foundation joins the growing chorus of diverse professional organizations in registering its strong opposition to provisions of S. 5153, the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA), especially, but not limited to, Title III, Section 2301 (Historic Preservation).
The Sand Creek Massacre Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization supporting the educational purposes of the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site. The national historic site preserves and commemorates the broad landscape across which the United States Army slaughtered 230 innocent Cheyenne and Arapaho men, women, children and elders on Colorado’s southeastern plains in 1864. Its preservation by the National Park Service memorializes the site’s profound significance in America’s history and its sacred position in the cultural identities of the Cheyenne and Arapaho people today. The successful preservation of the Sand Creek Massacre Site is emblematic of a process in which Tribal cultural knowledge and expertise, integrated with public participation and federal agency decision making, as well as a recognition that national historic significance takes many forms, including intangible qualities of place and spiritual meaning, all worked together. The result of a robust preservation process in this case is an irreplaceable cultural resource that remains protected, accessible and unimpaired for future generations. These are among the historic preservation principles of which the BAAJA is devoid. Continue reading…
Sand Creek Massacre Memorial Moves Forward with Statue Unveiling and Site Dedication
October 9, 2026
The long-running project to establish a permanent memorial to the Sand Creek Massacre at the Colorado State Capitol is moving forward with the unveiling of the first statue in October and a site dedication on November 29, led by the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes.
For decades, massacre survivors’ descendants have called for a memorial commemorating their ancestors, and the Sand Creek Massacre Memorial Committee have answered that call with Peace Keepers, a larger-than-life bronze sculpture of Chief Black Kettle, Chief Left Hand and Medicine Woman holding a baby standing in front of a tipi frame.
The members of the Sand Creek Massacre Memorial Committee were appointed by the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, the Northern Arapaho Tribe and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. Current members are Otto Braided Hair, Jr. (Northern Cheyenne), LaRenda Morgan (Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma) and Gail Ridgely (Northern Arapaho Tribe). Continue reading…
Statement Opposing Revisions to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act
August 14, 2026
The Sand Creek Massacre Foundation strongly urges state and federal representatives to oppose the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s (ACHP) proposed drastic revisions to the regulations implementing Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. These proposed changes will erase 60 years of historic preservation policy and threaten the survival of the most significant sites, places, and landscapes that have long endured as icons of the nation’s shared history. Continue reading…
Call to Action!
Historic Preservation at Risk
August 7, 2026
Sand Creek Massacre Foundation opposes proposed revisions to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. If you care about protecting historic sites and landscapes, we need your help!
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation is attempting to eviscerate the key legislative tool in protecting the nation’s—and our communities’—most cherished historic sites and places, by gutting the regulations that implement Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. If there are historic sites, places or landscapes you care about protecting, join the Sand Creek Massacre Foundation in speaking out. Learn how you can help...
Komaahe vo’ėstaneo’o tsesaa’evahosėtseto’omeneheheo’o
February 6, 2026
So that nobody else will have to suffer similar hardships.
The Sand Creek Massacre Foundation released a statement in English, Arapaho and Cheyenne addressing concern for recent events in Minneapolis, Minnesota and elsewhere across the United States that echo atrocities associated with the massacre on November 29th, 1864. Read our full statement...