CO HJR1024

Approves installation of a Sand Creek Massacre memorial on the west grounds of the Colorado State Capitol to honor the approximately 230 Cheyenne and Arapaho people—mostly women, children, and elderly—killed by U.S. soldiers on November 29, 1864

Authorizes long-term loan of the "Union Soldier" Civil War statue (toppled and damaged in June 2020) to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs for display at their campus or another appropriate location

Memorial design was developed by the Sand Creek Massacre Memorial Committee with representatives from the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana, Northern Arapaho Tribe of Wyoming, and Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma

Capitol Building Advisory Committee unanimously approved the new memorial design on November 25, 2024, and the Capital Development Committee also approved the design and location

Acknowledges the massacre's devastating impact on Cheyenne and Arapaho traditional knowledge, language, social structures, and ceremonies, and aims to raise public awareness and foster healing