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title: "Why did Native Americans wave the American flag when the militia attacked at the Sand Creek Massacre?"  
description: "Why did Native Americans wave the American flag when the militia attacked at the Sand Creek Massacre?"  
author: "Peterson arnold"  
published: 2018-04-24  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41342/why-did-native-americans-wave-the-american-flag-when-the-militia-attacked-at-the-sand-creek-massacre  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did Native Americans wave the American flag when the militia attacked at the Sand Creek Massacre?

Why did [Native Americans](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51439/how-the-policy-of-manifest-destiny-affected-native-americans) wave the [American](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41823/how-much-did-the-vietnam-war-cost-american-taxpayers) [flag](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34828/how-many-stars-were-on-the-original-american-flag) when the militia attacked at the Sand Creek Massacre?


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