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sand creek massacre  

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  • The Sand Creek Massacre was one of the bloodiest and cruelest acts in American Indian history. As the United States entered the third year of the Civil War (1861–1865), American settlers continued to move West across and into Indian Territory. [Source: Encyclopedia of United States Indian Policy and Law; Sand Creek Massacre]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-CL9RZR5P-Q

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