'We recognize the generational harm the ideals of the time created for the Arapaho and Cheyenne peoples. I firmly believe the decision to discontinue the daily promotion of the Byers name is the right one,' the director of DSST: Byers Middle School said.
DENVER — A school in Denver announced Thursday plans to change its name because of its connection to the Sand Creek Massacre.
However, Byers also used the newspaper to encourage violence against Native Americans and supported the Sand Creek Massacre, according to historians. On November 29, 1864, Colonel Chivington and his soldiers opened fire on lodges of innocent and unaware Arapaho and Cheyenne civilians, according to the National Park Service.
Denver's DSST Byers is changing its name William Byers' wife Elizabeth later donated the land for what is now DSST: Byers Middle School near Washington Park.
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