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The state's historic division plans a survey of locations, also known as Green Book sites.
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A new archaeological discovery announced in November has rocked the Basque community. The hand of Irulegi, found on a dig near Pamplona is shedding new light on the origins of the Basque language and its people who wasted no time turning the artifact into memes.
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The Sand Creek Massacre is the deadliest day in Colorado's history. On Nov. 29, 1864, a peaceful group of Cheyenne and Arapaho were attacked by U.S. troops despite being promised protection by the military. On that day, more than 230 indigenous women, children, and elders were slaughtered.
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A public memorial and reflection takes place Sunday, October 9, in Boulder to explore the truth of Boulder’s role in The Sand Creek Massacre. The event comes days after the announcement of a significant expansion of the national historic site that commemorates the massacre.
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New research has uncovered more on the history of Moab pioneer William Grandstaff. The Black cowboy made his home on the Colorado plateau in the late 1800s.
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A 1946 report called for the Colorado River System to be dammed, diverted, and industrialized.
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In this KSUT Conversation for Women’s History Month, we spoke to Mancos resident Lisa Moore, who started the first disco for women in the Mile High City.
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Archaeologists have studied ties between Ancestral Pueblo culture and archaeoastronomy.
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Rex and JoAnn Coffman have been ranching in Carbondale for more than 60 years. Now in their 90s, they recently sold their 141-acre homestead to the Aspen Valley Land Trust. Aspen Public Radio visited the Coffmans at their historic ranch and sent this audio postcard.
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Yellowstone became the first national park in the U.S. on March 1, 1872, and it helped usher in the broader national park movement. The park stretches into Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho.
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Hirabayashi objected to the way Japanese-Americans citizens were treated after Pearl Harbor. His fight took him to the Supreme Court and eventually an Arizona prison camp.
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At the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, hockey player Taffy Abel became the first Indigenous athlete to carry the flag at the Olympics — and, days later, to medal.