Denver council approves agreement giving Indigenous group indefinite access to sacred land
A new agreement between Denver and the Tall Bull Memorial Council will give the Indigenous group the exclusive right to use the Tall Bull Memorial Grounds at Daniels Park as sacred land now that it received unanimous approval from City Council.
The Tall Bull Memorial Council has members from a number of Indigenous tribes. Denver has had a similar agreement with the council for the past 50 years allowing the group to use the 70 acres of land at Daniels Park, a 1,000-acre Denver Mountain Park in Douglas County.
The previous agreement between Denver and the Indigenous group ends in 2022. The new agreement will automatically renew without further action every 25 years and includes a few other provisions to improve the relationship with the Indigenous group. Their access to the land will remain in perpetuity unless future councils change the agreement.
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Marianne Goodland
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Marissa Ventrelli
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Michael Karlik
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Updated 8 hours ago
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Michael Karlik
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Updated 8 hours ago
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Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 hours ago
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Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 hours ago
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Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 6 hours ago
A closely divided House committee advanced a bill aimed at curbing the use of personal data to set individualized prices and wages, reviving a proposal that failed last year and setting up a broader debate over how far the state...
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Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 11 hours ago
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Colorado justices grill debt collector about compliance with law
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 5 hours ago
The Colorado Supreme Court repeatedly pressed a debt collection company last week to explain how its lawsuit against a Boulder woman for an unpaid credit card balance complied with the specific requirements that state lawmakers have created. Portfolio Recovery Associates,...
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