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Three years later, Colorado governor John Evans declared that any native should move to a fort to be granted protection by the U.S. Government, otherwise they will be declared hostile. A peaceful Cheyenne tribe led by the chiefs who signed the Fort Wise treaty set out to move to the fort to be granted protection and decided to camp at Sand Creek. On May 16th, the 3rd Colorado Cavalry under [[John M. Chivington]] began attacking the camp, despite the chiefs signifying that they were peaceful. Under Chivington's orders, the soldiers opened fire and attacked the camp, where they killed and mutilated over one hundred women and children. Chiefs White Antelope and Lean Bear were killed during the massacre, while Black Kettle managed to escape the camp.
Three years later, Colorado governor John Evans declared that any native should move to a fort to be granted protection by the U.S. Government, otherwise they will be declared hostile. A peaceful Cheyenne tribe led by the chiefs who signed the Fort Wise treaty set out to move to the fort to be granted protection and decided to camp at Sand Creek. On May 16th, the 3rd Colorado Cavalry under [[John M. Chivington]] began attacking the camp, despite the chiefs signifying that they were peaceful. Under Chivington's orders, the soldiers opened fire and attacked the camp, where they killed and mutilated over one hundred women and children. Chiefs White Antelope and Lean Bear were killed during the massacre, while Black Kettle managed to escape the camp.
==== [[Long Walk of the Navajo]] ====
In 1864, after a Navajo tribe led by Chief Manuelito were defeated by the U.S. Army with the help of a Ute tribe, they were forced to walk 300 miles from their ancestral homelands in Arizona to eastern New Mexico. The U.S. soldiers were complicit in the suffering of the Navajo during the Long Walk. One account based on oral history states that a pregnant Navajo woman was killed by the soldiers after they denied her family's request to hold up and let her give birth, stating that she wouldn't survive anyway. The Navajo were also subjected to slavery after being captured by New Mexican and Ute raiders. It is estimated that about 200 Navajo died on the Long Walk.


====[[Wounded Knee Massacre]]====
====[[Wounded Knee Massacre]]====