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VOLUME 156 | ISSUE 47
2 Championships in 20 Hours
Pain behind the name: renaming Mount Evans Why the name Mount Evans is hurtful to generations of Native Americans BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Quin Collins (14) of the Mines men’s soccer team celebrates scoring a goal against UCCS during the Oct. 30 semifinal game. PHOTOS COURTESY OF SAM BOENDER OF MINES ATHLETICS
Mines soccer teams win RMAC tourney titles BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Nov. 4-5 were Golden hours for Colorado School of Mines soccer players, as the men’s and women’s teams were crowned 2022 RMAC Tournament Champions at home less than 24 hours apart. Both teams won Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference regular season titles and were seeded No. 1 in their respective conference tournaments. Both sets of Orediggers hope to end the post-season undefeated SEE CHAMPIONS, P2
Reese McDermott of the Mines women’s soccer team celebrates scoring a goal against MSU Denver during the Nov. 2 semifinal game.
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When members of the Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes look west from Denver to the distant peak of Mount Evans, they see a horrific reminder of the past. “Anytime you have to hear of or speak of an individual who wanted to decimate your family or your tribe, it’s really hard,” said Gov. Reggie Wassana of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes. Since 1895, the mountain has been named for Colorado territorial Gov. John Evans. Settlers lobbied the legislature to honor his legacy, which it did through a measure that dubbed the more than 14,000-foothigh peak Mount Evans. But American Indian groups say Evans’ legacy is forever disgraced by his role in enabling the Sand Creek Massacre. They are among the strongest advocates in a process that could change the mountain’s name to Mount Blue Sky. On a cold November morning in 1864, U.S. Army Col. John Chivington and elements of the Colorado Infantry Regiment of Volunteers SEE RENAMING, P4