Col. John M. Chivington, a Methodist minister, stood by his actions decades after leading the 1864 massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho at Sand Creek, but the United Methodist Church is still formally repenting for him.
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Methodists donate $50,000 in atonement for historical wrong - The Denver Post
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
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