Ten years ago, Governor John Hickenlooper apologized to the descendants on behalf of Colorado. Today, there will be a vigil at the Capitol.
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"This has been too long in coming," he said."On behalf of the State of Colorado, I want to apologize." Before he issued the apology, Hickenlooper reached out to Colorado's other living governors. After it, it had been a territorial governor, Evans,"who went ahead and empowered what led to the massacre," Hickenlooper recalls today.
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