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Sand Creek massacre

massacre of a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho people in the American Indian Wars
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Sand Creek massacre
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Summary

Sand Creek massacre is a massacre[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of massacre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,944 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Colorado[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Location: Colorado Territory[5], Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site[6]
  • Part of: Colorado War[7]
  • Commons category: Sand Creek Massacre[8]
  • Point in time: November 29, 1864[9]

Why It Matters

Sand Creek massacre has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

Colorado United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 4235199-6
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'ca', 'commons', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fi', 'fr', 'f
    Harper's tag → sand-creek-massacre
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: sand-creek-massacre, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289957861|sand creek massacre (#289957861)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915"
  2. 6w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap way id → 1144392366
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Openstreetmap way id: 1144392366, Adding OSM way id claim from wikidata tag on way/1144392366 in United States"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Point in time → +1864-11-29T00:00:00Z
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 38.54944444444445, 'lon': -102.51138888888889}
    Part of → Colorado War
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007555977505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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