How did mining impact Indigenous nations in Colorado?  

 the quotes from the different indigenous nations

consider how the region they live in might impact their perspectives

: Interview with Alden Naranjo, Jr., a Ute Man, in 2019

Credit: From Chief Left Hand by Margaret Coel (1981)

Chief Left Hand, or Chief Niwot, was a prominent Arapahoe Leader.

: From The Sand Creek Massacre: The Betrayal that Changed Cheyenne and Arapaho People Forever, an exhibit at the History Colorado Center in Denver.

Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal representatives created this exhibit which opened in November, 2022. 

: From The Last War Trail: Utes and the Settlement of Colorado by Robert Emmitt (1954). Robert Emmitt was a journalist who interviewed many Ute people to write his book, including Ute Chief Saponise Cuch, who was a young warrior when miners invaded Ute territory.

Standards for Indigenous Perspective

College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework