Sand Creek Massacre project, volume 1: Site Location Study
National Park Service. 2000. Sand Creek Massacre project, volume 1: Site Location Study. National Park Service, Intermountain Region. Denver, Colorado
In May 1999, the Sand Creek Massacre Project Team completed its successful search for the site of the Sand Creek Massacre. On the banks of Sand Creek in Kiowa County, Colorado, an archeological team found evidence of the Indian village that was attacked by the U.S. Army on November 29, 1864. This report includes a map of the “Boundary of the Sand Creek Massacre Site” which includes key features of the massacre including the Cheyenne and Arapaho village site, the “sandpits” area where the fiercest fighting took place, the area of Indian flight, and the point from which Colonel John Chivington and his troops launched their attack upon the Indian encampment. Also included within this report are a summary of the methodology, research efforts, and conclusions of the Sand Creek Massacre Site Location Study.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- National Park Service
- Date of Issue
- 2000
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Intermountain Region
- Units
- HIST , SAND
- Keywords
- Archeological Survey, Cultural Resources, ehistory, historical research, Legislation Mandate: Public Law 105-243, Methodology, Oral Histories, Research Design, Rhoades/Bowen Bend, Sand Creek Massacre, Site location study, Traditional Tribal Methods