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Treaty of the Little Arkansas
Treaty of October 1865 in which the United States condemned the attack at Sand Creek.
- Dates
- Oct 1865
Connections 3
signed by
- United States government Oct 1865 Primary record 1
followed from
- Sand Creek massacre Primary record 12
features
- Sand Creek, Colorado Primary record 1
Timeline 2 dates
- Oct 1865 Treaty of the Little Arkansas
- Oct 1865 United States government signed Treaty of the Little Arkansas
Proof 2 sources
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Legacies of Sand Creek, National Park Service, Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site.
Primary record
the United States condemns and repudiates "the gross and wanton outrages perpetrated against certain bands of Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians" at Sand Creek.
by committing to compensate those who lost property at Sand Creek.
Reparations to many other descendants have never been paid.
United States officials persuade a handful of Cheyenne and Arapaho chiefs to meet on the Little Arkansas River in Kansas and negotiate and sign a new treaty in October 1865.
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Timeline, Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, National Park Service.
Primary record
The Treaty of the Little Arkansas proclaims the events at Sand Creek a massacre.
The treaty also removes Colorado from Cheyenne and Arapaho treaty lands.
Article 6 of the treaty promises the payment of reparations to survivors, but these promised reparations are never paid.
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