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Dawson Deed Formally TransferredJanuary 16, 2004 Sand Creek was in the press a lot during the Christmas/New Year holiday! The deed to the former Dawson property was formally transferred from Southwest Entertainment Inc. to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma in a ceremony in Concho, Oklahoma on December 19. The ceremony was well attended by Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal members, representatives of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, the Northern Arapaho Tribe, and the Colorado Historical Society, as well as the National Park Service. It was particularly nice to hear various representatives acknowledge the people of Kiowa County during their presentations. Now that the Tribes own the property, Senator Campbell’s office is working on legislation to place the property into tribal trust status so that it can be managed as part of the larger Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site. Once the trust status is in place, the NPS together with the Tribes can move forward with the process of having the National Historic Site formally established. The transfer of the deed to the Tribes was not only a very significant historical event for the Cheyenne and Arapaho people, but a major step forward in the effort to establish the National Historic Site. A second item appearing in newspapers around the country at the same time as the news about the deed transfer was the efforts of a private corporation to develop a casino complex near Denver. According to news reports, the plan capitalized on Sand Creek issues, including the reparations owed to Sand Creek Massacre descendents under the 1865 Treaty of Little Arkansas following the massacre. While the near simultaneous appearance of these two stories in the news suggested that the proposed development of the casino operation near Denver and the establishment of the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site are in some way related, there is no connection. The establishment of the National Historic Site is proceeding as anticipated and is getting closer to becoming a reality.
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