In front of descendants of Sand Creek Massacre survivors, Colorado lawmakers unanimously greenlighted a memorial sculpture Monday to commemorate the 1864 atrocity at the State Capitol.

Monumental Move: Colorado Legislature Approves Sand Creek Massacre Memorial at Capitol The monument will stand where the figure of a Civil War soldier was toppled during the 2020 protests.

A statue memorializing the Sand Creek Massacre will soon adorn the Colorado State Capitol grounds — a milestone moment of awareness and healing from one of the darkest moments in state history.

DENVER — More than 160 years after the Sand Creek Massacre, a new memorial honoring the victims is taking shape on the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol—a long-awaited recognition that ...

The Colorado House and Senate approve a memorial for the Sand Creek Massacre, but representatives of the Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes say they were not involved.

In 1999, state lawmakers debated changing the plaque to reflect that Sand Creek was a massacre. They voted instead to add a plaque, indicating the change.