Photos: Healing Run at the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site

In this week's cover story, "The Sand Creek Massacre Healing Run honors the past, but is heading for the future," Patricia Calhoun chronicles the fifteenth annual Healing Run, marking the November 29, 1864 massacre of 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho -- most of them women, children or elderly men -- by...
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In this week’s cover story, “The Sand Creek Massacre Healing Run honors the past, but is heading for the future,” Patricia Calhoun chronicles the fifteenth annual Healing Run, marking the November 29, 1864 massacre of 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho — most of them women, children or elderly men — by volunteer troops led by Colonel John Chivington.

Photographer Anthony Camera was on hand to capture the inspirational event. See a sampling of his shots below.

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More from our Calhoun: Wake-Up Call archive circa June: “Sand Creek Massacre: Exhibit closes as tribal consultations get under way.”

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Michael Roberts began his career with Westword in 1990 as music editor. In 1999, he took on a new role, full-time media reporter, as author of a column called The Message. In 2008, he became the lead writer for Westword‘s news blog, The Latest Word, a position he held until January 2023. Michael continues to freelance for Westword, covering everything from business to sports and the media; he also contributes to Jazziz, a national music magazine. He holds a bachelor’s degree from what is now Colorado Mesa University and master’s degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Northwestern University.

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