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Cowboys & Indians Eat Together
I thought some of you might be interested in this story, which aired on Colorado Matters, today, about the 10th Annual Healing Run and Walk. People (anyone who wants to run is welcome) start on Thanksgiving and run 180 miles from the site of the Sand Creek Massacre in Kiowa County to downtown Denver. They usually share Thanksgiving dinner with some of the ranchers who live in a nearby town.
I've followed the creation of the Sand Creek National Historic Site over the past few years. I've found the process incredibly moving, not just because of the atrocities of the past, but the way everyone has had to work together to make it happen. I don't think of the conflict of interests occurring in the West to be something from the historic past. To me it's a dynamic part of not just the physical landscape, but the way people think of themselves living in it.
Speaking of Sand Creek, Margaret Coel has a new book that addresses the event, called: Blood Memory. I really enjoy her books, which are mysteries often centered around the Arapahoe Wind River Reservation in Wyoming.
On a lighter note, here is a website about highway rest stops in the U.S.:
http://www.restareahistory.org/Home_Page.html
Have a safe and happy thanksgiving whether you travel or stay at home.
I've followed the creation of the Sand Creek National Historic Site over the past few years. I've found the process incredibly moving, not just because of the atrocities of the past, but the way everyone has had to work together to make it happen. I don't think of the conflict of interests occurring in the West to be something from the historic past. To me it's a dynamic part of not just the physical landscape, but the way people think of themselves living in it.
Speaking of Sand Creek, Margaret Coel has a new book that addresses the event, called: Blood Memory. I really enjoy her books, which are mysteries often centered around the Arapahoe Wind River Reservation in Wyoming.
On a lighter note, here is a website about highway rest stops in the U.S.:
http://www.restareahistory.org/Home_Page.html
Have a safe and happy thanksgiving whether you travel or stay at home.