Sand Creek Massacre

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The Sand Creek Massacre was an 1864 attack in which Colorado U.S. volunteer cavalry brutally killed and mutilated a large number of Cheyenne and Arapaho people, many of them women and children, in one of the most infamous atrocities against Native Americans in U.S. history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf atrocity ⓘ
event in United States history ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
war crime ⓘ
cause conflict over land in Colorado Territory ⓘ
tensions between settlers and Plains tribes ⓘ
characterizedAs massacre of peaceful Native Americans ⓘ
unprovoked attack ⓘ
war atrocity ⓘ
commander Colonel John M. Chivington ⓘ
linked to: John M. Chivington

John Chivington ⓘ
linked to: John M. Chivington
commemoratedOn annual remembrance events ⓘ
conflict Colorado War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1864-11-29 ⓘ
ethnicTarget Arapaho ⓘ
Cheyenne ⓘ
hasTypeOfViolence indiscriminate killing ⓘ
sexual violence and mutilation ⓘ
historicalReputation symbol of U.S. violence against Native Americans ⓘ
investigatedBy Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War ⓘ
U.S. Congress ⓘ
location Colorado Territory ⓘ
near Sand Creek ⓘ
southeastern Colorado ⓘ
memorial Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site ⓘ
memorialLocation Kiowa County, Colorado ⓘ
notableFor killing of women and children ⓘ
mutilation of bodies ⓘ
one of the most infamous atrocities against Native Americans ⓘ
numberOfVictims between 150 and 200 ⓘ
over 150 ⓘ
partOf American Indian Wars ⓘ
history of U.S.–Native American relations ⓘ
perpetrator Colorado Territory militia ⓘ
Colorado U.S. volunteer cavalry ⓘ
precededBy Colorado gold rush ⓘ
linked to: Colorado Gold Rush

increasing white settlement in Colorado Territory ⓘ
recognizedAs historic site of national significance ⓘ
result escalation of Plains Indian Wars ⓘ
radicalization of Cheyenne and Arapaho resistance ⓘ
widespread condemnation in the United States ⓘ
victim Arapaho people ⓘ
Cheyenne people ⓘ
Native Americans ⓘ
victimGroup Arapaho ⓘ
Cheyenne ⓘ
year 1864 ⓘ

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Colorado War → notableEvent → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
Colorado War → relatedTo → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
Cheyenne → historicalEvent → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
Cheyenne people → involvedInConflict → Sand Creek massacre ⓘ
linked to: Sand Creek Massacre
Arapaho people → involvedInConflict → Sand Creek massacre ⓘ
linked to: Sand Creek Massacre
Fort Lyon, Colorado Territory → nearbyEvent → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
Colorado Territory militia → conflict → Sand Creek massacre ⓘ
linked to: Sand Creek Massacre
Colorado Territory militia → notableEvent → Sand Creek massacre ⓘ
linked to: Sand Creek Massacre
Colorado Territory militia → eventInYear1864 → Sand Creek massacre ⓘ
linked to: Sand Creek Massacre
John M. Chivington → notableFor → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
Black Kettle → event → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
Black Kettle → survived → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
White Antelope → killedIn → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
White Antelope → associatedWithEvent → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
White Antelope → victimOf → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
Treaty of Fort Wise → relatedEvent → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
Southern Cheyenne → notableHistoricalEvent → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
Washita Massacre → precededBy → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
Soldier Blue → historicalEventDepicted → Sand Creek massacre ⓘ
linked to: Sand Creek Massacre
Arapaho → involvedInEvent → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
From Sand Creek → depicts → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
Marias Massacre → relatedTo → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
Tsitsistas → sufferedEvent → Sand Creek massacre ⓘ
linked to: Sand Creek Massacre
Battle of Summit Springs → relatedEvent → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
Plains Indian Wars → hasPart → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
Plains Indian Wars → significantEvent → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
Powder River Battles of 1865 → precededBy → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
Treaty of Little Arkansas (1865) → follows → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
John M. Chivington → participatedIn → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
subject linked to: John
Third Colorado Cavalry Regiment → notableFor → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
Third Colorado Cavalry Regiment → engagement → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
Third Colorado Cavalry Regiment → disbandedAfter → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
John M. Chivington → notableFor → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
subject linked to: Chivington
John M. Chivington → participatedIn → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
subject linked to: Chivington
Sand Creek, Colorado Territory → siteOf → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
Sand Creek, Colorado Territory → eventNameAtSite → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
Sand Creek, Colorado Territory → category → Massacres of Native Americans ⓘ
linked to: Sand Creek Massacre
Medicine Woman Later → associatedWithEvent → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
Medicine Woman Later → survived → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
Black Kettle → event → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
Black Kettle → victimOf → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
Southern Cheyenne peace faction → notableEvent → Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ