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Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
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- Designation
- National Historic Site
- State
- CO
- Park address
- Chivington, CO
- Entrance fee
- No entrance feeNPS data as of 2026-08-25
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Notes
Designation Date: 04/27/2007
On November 29th, 1864, Chiefs Black Kettle, White Antelope, Left Hand and others were encamped with around 750 Arapaho and Cheyenne people in a valley by the Big Sandy Creek. A hope for peace, brought forth by Black Kettle was in the balance. It was a tragic day where the blood of the Cheyenne and Arapaho was shed, and a painful memory for generations of Native Americans was made.