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Sand Creek Massacre Anthropology

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Richard, I did some research on the Sand Creek Massacre and found an article that you might be interested in reading. The article is titled “Sand Creek Massacre: Colorado 's land grab from Native tribes”, written by Gregory Hobbs. This article talks more about this event with details that were not located in the book. In this article it states that most of the dead were women, children, and elderly men. Hobbs, Gregory. "Sand Creek Massacre: Colorado 's Land Grab from Native Tribes." The Denver Post. November 22, 2014. Accessed January 19, 2016. http://www.denverpost.com/ci_26985185/colorados-land-grab.

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