Colorado lawmakers voted unanimously to approve a 24-foot statue to commemorate the Sand Creek Massacre. It will replace a ...

The statue, by sculptor Gerald Anthony Shippen, will depict the Cheyenne and Arapaho chiefs Black Kettle and Left Hand, as well as a Native American woman with a child.

Every rock was placed by his hand with ... 12705 State Hwy 165, Rye, CO 81069. There will also be a public memorial at the castle in summer 2025, with details to be released at a later date.

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The memorial will consist of a massive, 24-foot-tall sculpture of an Arapaho chief, a Cheyenne chief and a Native American woman holding a child ...

It first appeared at KUNC.org. In front of descendants of Sand Creek Massacre survivors, Colorado lawmakers unanimously greenlighted a memorial sculpture Monday to commemorate the 1864 atrocity at ...