I didn’t know. Why?

My Story about Fort Chambers is that I’ve lived in Boulder since 1984 and I didn’t learn the story of Fort Chambers until the City acquired it in 2019. Then what I saw was a monument that was a monumental lie. Being a tribal member i was aware of and used to this kind of display of ignorance. It was, and in many, but thankfully fewer places, is common where Indians are concerned. Still, it strung because it felt willful and so wrong and out of place and time in 2019.

I think most people in Boulder would say they don’t know the Fort Chambers story. That means in important ways, we don’t know ourselves. It’s time to figure out who we are and decide who we want to be.