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Soldier Blue is a 1970 American revisionist Western film directed by Ralph Nelson and starring Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, and Donald Pleasence.Adapted by John Gay from the novel Arrow in the Sun by T.V. Olsen, it is inspired by events of the 1864 Sand Creek massacre in the Colorado Territory.
The Sand Creek massacre (also known as the Chivington massacre, the battle of Sand Creek or the massacre of Cheyenne Indians) was a massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by the U.S. Army in the American Indian Wars that occurred on November 29, 1864, when a 675-man force of the Third Colorado Cavalry [5] under the command of U.S. Volunteers Colonel John Chivington attacked and destroyed a ...
"Massacre at Sand Creek" was an American television film broadcast on December 27, 1956, as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90. It was the 13th episode of the first season. It was the 13th episode of the first season.
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Soldier Blue (1970) – war drama revisionist Western film inspired by events of the 1864 Sand Creek massacre in the Colorado Territory [31] Song of Norway (1970) – biographical drama film depicting the early struggles of composer Edvard Grieg and his attempts to develop an authentic Norwegian national music [ 32 ]
Howling Wolf (Cheyenne: Ho-na-nist-to, c. 1849–July 5, 1927) was a Southern Cheyenne warrior who was a member of Black Kettle's band and was present at the Sand Creek Massacre in Colorado. After being imprisoned in the Fort Marion in Saint Augustine, Florida in 1875, Howling Wolf became a proficient artist in a style known as Ledger art for ...
Inspired by events of the 1864 Sand Creek massacre in the Colorado Territory, USA. Something of Value: 1957: It shows the colonial and native African conflict caused by colonialism and differing views on how life should be lived. It stars Rock Hudson as the colonial and Sidney Poitier as the native Kenyan. The two men grew up together but have ...
The attack became known as the Sand Creek Massacre. [1] Edmund Guerrier (1840-1921) provided testimony to Congressional investigators at Fort Riley, Kansas in 1865 concerning the Sand Creek Massacre. The Colorado forces lost 15 killed and more than 50 wounded, [18] mostly due to friendly fire (likely caused by their heavy drinking). [17]