EADS, Colo. — Colorado’s Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site marking one of the nation’s bloodiest assaults on Native people will more than double in size to cover more than 6,500 acres of shortgrass prairie — a broadening federal project in tandem with tribal leaders.
“This story is part of America’s story,” Interior Secretary Deb Halaand declared Wednesday at the site.
Flanked by Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet, Halaand said it was “our solemn responsibility” as federal caretakers of national treasures “to tell the story of our nation” and announced the acquisition of an additional 3,478 acres as part of the nation’s $900 million annual Land and Water Conservation Fund spending.
