Sand Creek

Tarra Nieman has been named the 2021 Community Volunteer Ambassador at the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site.

The Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site has added a new maintenance staff member.

The Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site facilities in Kiowa County, Colorado, are resuming normal operations as the county shifts to lower COVID-19 restrictions.

The National Park Service (NPS) has implemented the federal mask mandate for all employees and visitors of national parks and facilities on Tuesday, the agency announced.

Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site would like to welcome our newest Lead Park Ranger, Kim Wentland.  Kim joined our team in September 2020.  Kim was born and raised in Wisconsin and even though she has lived a lot of places, Wisconsin still has a special place in her heart and she's happy to call it her home state. Kim grew up enjoying the outdoors and being surrounded by nature.

After a Civil War statue was toppled at the Colorado state capitol last summer, it will be replaced with a new statue commemorating the Sand Creek Massacre in Kiowa County.

Northern Cheyenne Tribal member Otto Braided Hair will be making a special presentation at the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site later in November.

Due to COVID-19 concerns, the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Interactive Presentation that was to be held November 14 at the Community Building in Eads will be held as a virtual experience presentation at a date to be determined. 

Visit https://www.facebook.com/SandCreekMassacreNHS/ to view other videos from the presenters.

Native artists George Levi and Kristina Bad Hand Maldanado will host an interactive presentation at the Kiowa County Community Building in Eads next Saturday.

A new visitor and education center for the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site will open in early November.