Dedication Ceremony, of Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site. The attack of a village of sleeping Cheyenne Indians by a regiment of Colorado militiamen on 29 November 1864 that resulted in the death of more than 200 tribal members. About 2/3 of the dead were women and children. Many bodies were brutally mutilated and their scalps were strung across a Denver theater stage to the delight of an applauding audience. Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Lt. Governor Barbara O'Brien, Mary Bomar, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Sam Brownback, Marilyn Musgrave, Eugene Little Coyote, Darrell Flyingman, Southern Cheyenne/Arapaho, Kenny Frost, William Walks Along, Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Kris Little Raven, Rory Littleraven, Gordon Yellowman, Charles Howlingwater.