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PBS

Pbs: New Perspectives on the West

For Students 9th - 10th
This in-depth resource presents a history of the American West from pre-Columbian times until World War I with profiles, documents, and images. It encourages visitors to link these into patterns of historical meaning for themselves....
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Other

Colorado College: Tutt Library: Sand Creek Papers 1861 1864

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides links to images of the actual pages of documents involving the Sand Creek Massacre.
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PBS

The West Project: John M. Chivington (1821 1894)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a biography of the controversial and brutal general of the American Civil War John M. Chivington who is remembered for the Sand Creek Massacre of some 200 unarmed Indian women and children.
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PBS

The West: Documents on the Sand Creek Massacre

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains the text of documents on the Sand Creek Massacre, including two editorials from the Rocky Mountain News, Congressional testimony by John S. Smith, and a deposition by John M. Chivington
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Handout
PBS

Pbs the West: The Everywhere Spirit

For Students 9th - 10th
This PBS site describes events between 1866 and 1868 in the Indian Wars. Including the Lakota attack on a wagon train bringing supplies to Ft. Kearny and Custer's attack on the Cheyennes on the Washita River.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Massacre at Sand Creek

For Students 5th - 8th
A sad recounting of one of the most brutal attacks on Indians during the Indian Wars. Read about the Sand Creek Massacre and the retaliation it prompted.
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New York Times

New York Times: Col. Chivington, Preacher and Soldier

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An article written upon the death of Col. John Chivington in 1894. It recounts particularly his actions in the so-called Sand Creek Massacre.
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PBS

The West: Black Kettle

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a profile of the Southern Cheyenne Indian chief, Black Kettle, who escaped death at the Sand Creek Massacre only to later be murdered by the forces led by General George Custer at Washita River.
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PBS

Pbs the West: Who Is the Savage?

For Students 9th - 10th
Tells the story in pictures, narrative and quotes of the Sand Creek Massacre, which took place in 1864 on the Cheyenne reservation near Denver.
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Other

Turtle Hill: Black Kettle (1813 1868)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides biographical information on Cheyenne Chief Black Kettle. Includes information about the Sand Creek Massacre.
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Archaeological Institute of America

Archaeology: Sand Creek Massacre

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains information about pinpointing the exact site of the Sand Creek Massacre.
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PBS

Pbs the West: Colorado

For Students 6th - 8th
Provides general information on the Sand Creek Massacre with links to information about John Chivington and Black Kettle.