The landmark is named for John Evans, a territorial governor who resigned after U.S. Soldiers, lead by Chivington, in southeastern Colorado attacked and killed hundreds of Cheyenne and Arapaho people
Governor Jared Polis has endorsed a collaborative proposal to change the name of Mount Evans to Mount Blue Sky. The historic change could happen this coming week.
On Tuesday, Polis wrote to Trent Palmer, BGN executive secretary, domestic names, endorsing the change on behalf of the State of Colorado and stakeholders, including the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes. Clear Creek County and the Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board also have endorsed the name change.
The landmark, a Colorado 14er, is named for John Evans, a territorial governor who resigned after U.S. Soldiers, lead by Chivington, in southeastern Colorado attacked and, in the Sand Creek Massacre, after a peace deal had been reached in 1864. “The name ‘Evans’ translates to ‘Good Man.’ Who were we praising by keeping this mountain named Mount Evans,” said MorningStar Jones, of the Northern and Southern Cheyenne Mēstaaéhēé Coalition, in a statement. “A man that allowed the massacre of the Cheyenne and Arapaho people. With this name change, we correctly give this mountain a name that holds life.
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