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Roots of the Rockies: Reclaiming Colorado’s Past to Understand Its Future
Colorado has long been a canvas for the American imagination: snow-capped peaks, gold rush lore, cowboy grit and ski towns perched high above the clouds. But beneath the postcard beauty lies something deeper: a layered story of homeland, migration, resilience and reinvention.
The latest episode of World of Travel explores Colorado not just as a destination, but as a living archive, one shaped by Indigenous nations, Black pioneers, immigrant laborers and modern leaders still wrestling with the past.
Where the rivers meet
Long before it was called Denver, before gold was discovered, before rail lines stitched it into the American West, the land at the confluence of the South Platte River and Cherry Creek was sacred ground.
For Rick Williams, CEO of People of Sacred Land and former president of the American Indian College Fund, that confluence is more than a landmark, it’s home.
“Nations have been coming........