Mount Evans, the 14er named after a territorial governor forced to resign following the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864, could soon be renamed Mount Blue Sky.
The Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board unanimously recommended the name change of the Clear Creek County landmark at a meeting this week, after petitioners filed the request to remove the Evans name in an attempt to help members of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes heal.
Melissa Dworkin, spokesperson for the governor’s office, said Polis would evaluate the proposal when a formal recommendation reaches his desk. The Arapaho people are known as the “Blue Sky People” and the Cheyenne people “have an annual ceremony of renewal of life called ‘Blue Sky,'” the petition from Fred Mosqueda, Arapaho coordinator of the Culture Program of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes, and the Wilderness Society stated.
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