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We acknowledge that the land where we work today in Â鶹ӰԺ County is within the territory of the Hinóno'éí (Arapaho) people. We honor Chief Left Hand (Nawath), leader of the last Hinóno'éí band to spend their winters in the Â鶹ӰԺ Valley. Many Hinóno'éí people were massacred by the US Cavalry at Sand Creek, Colorado, in 1864.  The survivors were forced out of Colorado to reservations in Wyoming and Oklahoma, where most Hinóno'éí live today.

We recognize that the. Further, we acknowledge that are historically tied to the lands that make up the state of Colorado. In our daily lives, let us honor and respect that the Â鶹ӰԺ Valley is home to the Hinóno'éí people and to many other tribes that also camped, hunted, and traded here for centuries. Native people of many Indigenous nations live here today.

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