"What the 1865 Cheyenne Arapaho Treaty..." Topic

… Represents About the United States' Broken Promises to Native Americans

""On the banks of the Arkansas River, 158 years ago, the southern Cheyenne and Arapaho people were made promises of Sand Creek Massacre reparations in 1865 by the treaty of Little Arkansas. The United States government has not fulfilled its obligations of this treaty. We were removed from the land in the previous treaty and moved to present day Oklahoma. The words of our grandparents and great grandparents forever remain in our conscious. We must never forget their ideas of who we are and why we are here. We continue to this day to make the government remember to be accountable for its promises made to our people." – Cheyenne and Arapaho Governor Reggie Wassana

On October 14, 1865, famous figures known to western enthusiasts and historians gathered on the Little Arkansas River, in the state of Kansas, to negotiate a historic treaty that would forever change the lives of the Cheyenne and Arapaho people. Several representatives and commissioners represented the United States. Among them Kit Carson, William W. Bent (in collaboration with his brother Charles who Bent's Fort in Colorado was named after) and Jesse H. Leavenworth (his father Henry was the namesake of the Leavenworth Penitentiary.) Representing the Cheyenne and Arapaho were Cheyenne Head Chief Black Kettle (Moke-ta-ve-to) and Arapaho Head Chief Little Raven (Oh-has-tee) and other chiefs…"

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