Author: CAROL MCKINLEY The Gazette
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Decades after displaying book bound with human skin, Denver school still works to make amends
Nearly a half-century ago, a patch of human skin, stretched and tanned like an animal hide, was hand-carried to Wyoming’s Wind River Indian Reservation and quietly buried. No one knows where it is because the Arapaho Sundancers who performed the ceremony never told and they’ve since died. Three-hundred-thirty miles to the southeast of that sacred burial…
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Police officer interview, video
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A Denver police community outreach team was knocking on doors in the neighborhood where 14 year old JoJo Aragon was killed. Division Chief Carla Havard said that they are telling residents that it is safe to go outside. She said it was important to let anyone who might be traumatized by Aragon’s violent murder know…
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Afghan interpreter, family among the first wave of refugees arriving in Colorado
NEWS | Afghan interpreter and his family arrive at DIA After a grueling day of planes, airport trains and limousines, the interpreter and his family finally set foot on Colorado ground Tuesday night. Ahmad Siddiqi hugged the Army captain whom he hadn’t seen in 15 years as his children held brand new soccer balls and…