Colorado’s dirty secret: A $500 billion mining industry built on Indigenous land
Colorado’s dirty secret: A $500 billion mining industry built on Indigenous land By Taylar Dawn Stanger, Indigenous Affairs Fellow • July 8, 2024 • Grist Skiing, hiking, and other outdoor recreational pastimes have lent Colorado a woodsy — and environmentally friendly — reputation. This image is at odds with the state’s first and biggest industry: […]
Forced relocation and human rights abuses: New report details Indigenous treatment in Colorado and recommends how to restore rights
A report released today aims to quantify the historic loss of life, land and precious resources for 10 Native nations historically in Colorado, and asks the state to help “mend all that has been broken between Colorado’s original inhabitants and the settler community.”
Native youth connect to the land, each other and their histories at summer camp
Native Youth Connect to the Land, Each Other and their histories at summer Camp Amanda Horvath, Julio Sandoval • July 2023 • Rocky Mountain PBS SEDALIA, Colo. — Phillip Gover, who is from the Pawnee and Choctaw Indian tribes, looked across a hillside along the front range in what is now Douglas County, Colorado with a […]
Clear Creek County officials clear the way for Mount Evans name change to Mount Blue Sky
Clear Creek County officials clear the way for Mount Evans name change to Mount Blue Sky Clarissa Guy • March 16, 2022 • Rocky Mountain PBS CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, Colo. — In Denver, visitors and residents alike can orient themselves by looking towards the Rocky Mountains sprawling to the west. Read the Full Article.
Indigenous Elders Take a Hard Look at the Front Range’s Untold History
Indigenous Elders Take a Hard Look at the Front Range’s Untold History Elle Sullum • Feb. 1, 2022 • 303 Magazine A few years ago, Rick Williams, a member of the Ogalala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne tribes, went to study the history of his great-great-grandfather. What he uncovered was larger than he could have imagined. Read […]
A Pursuit of Truth and Justice: Local Native American Non-profit People of the Sacred Land announces Truth, Restoration, and Education Commission (TREC)
A Pursuit of Truth and Justice: Local National American non-profit People of the sacred land Announces Truth, Restoration, and Education Commission (TREC) DENVER, CO – December 19, 2021 – Take a moment to ask yourself: Why are there no Native American Reservations in the Front Range or on the eastern plains of Colorado? People of the […]
Governor Polis officially rescinds John Evans’ proclamation that led to Sand Creek Massacre
Governor Polis Officially Rescinds John Evans’ Proclamation that led to sand Creek Massacre Kyle Cooke • Published on August 17, 2021 • Last modified on August 19, 2021 DENVER — On the West Steps of the Colorado State Capitol, Governor Jared Polis signed an executive order on August 17 that officially rescinded proclamations made by Territorial Governor John Evans […]