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During the formation of the United States, many landmarks were named after white settlers. Local Native activists believe changing these names will be a first step in reckoning with a racist history.
Mount Evans in Colorado was named after territorial Governor John Evans in 1895. Thirty years after his part in inciting the Sand Creek Massacre in which Cheyenne and Arapaho women and children were killed by the U.S. Army one of Colorado s highest peaks was named after him. Native activists now say the name should be changed.
Crystal C Bearing is with the Northern Arapaho Tribal Historic Preservation and is an advocate to change Mount Evans to Mount Blue Sky. She said that the Sand Creek Massacre should not be celebrated.
Look up “runner” on the Internet and results likely include training plans, exercise clothes, and inspirational photos of muscular athletes, most of them white. Verna Volker didn’t see herself in those search results, so she created Native Women Running, a community for women who often run as an act of healing.
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