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2014-10-16T19:49:21.000Z
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Video Title:
Sand Creek Massacre: 06 Causes and Consequences - Jeff Campbell
Description:
Sand Creek Massacre: 150 Year Remembrance, jointly sponsored by the National Park Service and the National Museum of the American Indian, is a one day symposium that commemorates the sesquicentennial of the Sand Creek Massacre - a tragedy that occurred on November 29,1864. In this segment, Jeff Campbell speaks on "Sand Creek Massacre: Myths and Misconceptions." For fourteen years, Jeff C. Campbell has been searching for primary source information about the massacre to find eye-witnesses and locate evidence to more accurately establish the actions of 29 & 30 November and 1 December, 1864. Primary among his goals has been to establish the scope of the crime scene and allow the topography to become one of the primary witnesses. A career in criminal investigations and prosecutions, "Gave me the tools of a contemporary historian to make practical analyses of the event." He says that his training as an historian and geologist gave him the foundation that enhanced his investigative and scientific approach to Sand Creek. "The use of particular words and phrases over the last 150 years has changed the complexion of the massacre devolving into a history based on repeated propaganda and misconceptions." The symposium was recorded and webcast in the Rasmuson Theater of the National Museum of the American Indian on October 9, 2014.
Video Duration:
22 min 30 sec
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Native American Indian Museum Smithsonian "Indigenous Peoples" "Smithsonian Institution" "Smithsonian NMAI" "National Museum of the American Indian"
