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UNUM Short: Remembering the Sand Creek Massacre
Season 2022
Episode 9
In 2007, the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site became the only National Park Service unit to use "massacre" in its name, acknowledging a horrific act of state-sponsored violence. In this UNUM Short, Ken Burns tells the story of the tragedy at Sand Creek, and the push to recognize it for what it truly was.
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