Repatriation Area

A distinctive feature of the site is the presence of a designated repatriation area.

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Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits

This site includes interments of the remains of massacre victims that have been repatriated to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes from museums and private individuals and interment sites for those that may be repatriated in the future. The site's enabling legislation mandates that the NPS dedicate a portion of the site as a repatriation area for the interment, reinterment, preservation, or other protection of Native American human remains, associated and unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony associated with the Sand Creek Massacre. Items may be repatriated under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act or under any other provision of law.