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While I didn’t move to Colorado and the Denver metro area until eighth grade, I was a student at the University of Colorado Boulder when Nichols Hall was renamed after the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes. I remember thinking, “Wow, I don’t know anything about the history of the land and its people that came before the so-called settlers.” Dances With Wolves came out around then, and I’m still learning about the history of the land we now call Colorado. We should all get an annual membership; it is such great value consider- ing the Georgetown Loop railroad tickets and all the amazing exhibits and programs for the price of a nice meal out for two. It is our fi ve-year-old’s favorite museum, and we have some really great ones here in Denver. As a graduate of Arapahoe High School, I’m proud to see the AHS letter jacket on display to offer recognition of what the school has done to honor its namesake Arapaho Nation relationship. Michael Segler Denver America was built upon violence. 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