it is an incredible show of force of the cheyenne. is selected to walk to topeka 60 miles to alert the authorities that the cheyenne have attacked them. some accounts say his uncle that he actually came with his uncle, but charles spoke english. w, andke french, kas english. he comes to the big and tells governor crawford at the cheyenne attacked, and i think a lot of this is due to the influence of his grandmother, but his white grandmother into the get said that is enough, you're coming to live with us and have a civilized life. his indian grandmother agreed. when the indians, the kaw the oroved to the indian nations the indian territory, what is now oklahoma, he really wants to go with them. that is it 73, when he is 13. his indian grandmother, french and indian grandmother, says no, she says you have got to make something of your life, so you have to stay with your wife karen mother -- white grandmother and make something of present. i do not think you can overestimate what those two went on, the impact that those two women had on

it tells us that this was a massacre that has had 150 years of impact on the cheyenne and arapahoe people and part of our job is to foster an understanding of what happened and what the consequences have been. and to foster an appreciation for the cultural values attached to such a sacred place and manage it in such a way as to prevent such atrocities from ever occurring again. these are big directives for us in telling the story, much of it told through the descendents themselves, who are present in the management of the site and the telling of the story. the rest of it we tell through a close examination of the primary documentation, the hearings that were held following the massacre, and eyewitness accounts. there is a huge body of documentation. and so it is grounded in historical documents as well as tribal memory. >> can you describe the working relationship with the descendents? prof. roberts: it is very close. we have been working together since 1998. since this legislation, since the first act was passed in 1998. it has developed over the years. it didn't start out necessarily as

their homes and outside of their work on the weekends to enjoy the best of what colorado has to so cheyenneanyon park, palmer park, monument valley park, all of those were gifted to us in one way or another by general palmer and his vision, his very forward thinking vision, and we are still known today as the city of park. he saw possibility where others saw impossibility. for interest -- for example, others who wanted to create colonies, farming colonies or colonies on health and recreation like colorado springs bypassed the area. they saw it as a test lit area with very little water and very few resources. where others turned away and said there would never be a town this space, he also, when he died in 1909, he was mourned not only as the founder of colorado springs but one of the great economic boosters of the state of colorado. announcer: the garden of the god is some rock formations. up next in our tour, the history of the park, which was given to colorado springs by the children of a railroad magnet, charles elliott perkins.

and a child actually got it, so we had to do something with the seals, so in 1926, he formed the cheyenne mountain zoo. he endowed it, and it has been supported by the foundation ever since. it is our community-based zoos, but it is one of the finest zoos in the country, and this year, it was rated number five by a national organization. spencer penrose was known as a flamboyant character who liked to drink and to entertain people . he was actually very shy and reserved, so much so that the colorado springs evening gazette, the evening paper, used to talk about him all of the time, about the things going on at the hotel, and he got so fed up that he told them to stop it. of course, they ignored it, so in the 1920's, he bought the newspaper, and he said keep doing what you are doing, but you can no longer report on me. you cannot do that today. the legacy of spencer penrose starts with that 21 million dollars he gave in 1937 and 1939 when he passed away to endow it. had beenion in exact given to nonprofits in the state of colorado. it means that we have a downtown a worldnter, we have aren

she -- instead of attending church on sunday would hike up cheyenne mountain and loved the falls there. she surrounds herself with beautiful things from nature. if helen were alive she would have plants and flowers. in the museum we don't have those today. this shelf covered in pinecones is actually a fungus that grows on the side of trees and she's had it mounted to wooden plates so that she can display some of her specimens flora and fauna on there. this object is a whale's inner ear and it's made into a purse or a little bag she could put things in. and again, that's an extraordinary example of her love of the natural world. we know that she never stopped reading. she was always collecting and reading and investigating new topics. this stairway is believed that this was carved who was one of the first millionaires but she called it her starry starry staircase because they were all carved into the sides of the wooden staircase going up. in 1879 a shift came about and interesting and important turning point in helen jackson's career took place. she was in boston. she didn't stop trave

so it would have been instrumental even the little bighorn, tore the end of that, but the cheyenne outbreak, wounded knee in 1890, so all the way up to that time here. >> we're at the general kirkhouse museum. -- general crook house museum. named for general crook, who was the commander of the platte here at omaha. the house was named after him because he was the first general who lived in the home. it was twartd -- started in 18878 and finished in 1879. he was back again from 1886 to 1888. the house is celebrating its anniversary this year. it's a victorian italianate hope. had they deemed that it was going to be a permanent fort, part of the role was the homes would be brick rather than wooden structures and this was the first brick structure thats with built on the fort. after that the others followed and were built along the same kind of a victorian italianate style. one of the things the fort is known for holding standing bear during the standing bear versus crook trial. he was held here at the fort. >> standing bear was a leader of the ponka, which was a small, peaceful tribe. their h

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cheyenne was looking for a job and was ecstatic to receive an e-mail similar to this one asking her to schedule an interview. >> i thought that i was supposed to get an e-mail from where i officially signed up for but it was actually a scam e-mail. >> fortunately she didn't fall for it. it seems every day, everyone is being bombarded with issue e-mail is. >> how many? >> two or three per day. >> maybe like two or three. >> what do you do? >> i just delete them. reporter: scammers are becoming creative and clicking on just one e-mail can lead to a virus. >> people are going to watch what you're doing. looking at credit card numbers and passwords, be very careful. >> this cybersecurity expert is the ceo that specializes in network security and says the ease individuals are slamming you for more information. >> do not give any information. there are so may different things that could happen that could start to take your personal information way. reporter: the next time you get an e-mail, definitely don't click on it and then hit delete. >> there is also another scam going around and this

he's also a member of the cheyenne river sioux tribe. and mr.all, i ask you the question do native lives matter? >> yes they do. >> do you think that the law enforcement community agrees with your assessment? >> like with denver police department the they do in the value native lives. >> ms. bassett is this america's dirty little secret? >> well, i wish that yes i think it's the time is right for national news media to take a look at what has been happening with police shootings of native americans. and in particular we represent a case, a young man 21 years old and it is the worst case that--we've seen all of these cases almost on a weekly basis but our case, the worst in some ways in that the state law enforcement officers in the state of utah do not have criminal jurisdiction inside indian reservation yet they follow the car in which our client's son was a passenger for 25 years inside the reservation. and even though he was a passenger in the car he ended up dead. he died from gunshot wound to the left of his head up behind his ear. and the

we have severe weather threat in cheyenne. tuesday and wednesday we drive this as a decent cold front for this time of the year starts to push across the midwest. flawed watches across interior nebraska could see one to two inches of rainfall with this system. that's a check of the national outlook. here's what's shaking locally. we could use rainfall around here, but we won't see any anytime soon. what a lovely day on the sand. high temperatures topping out 84, 85. seaside kicking in by the afternoon. 93 in the city. 95 tomorrow approaching the record high of 96 as you can see it is 90s the rest of the way. hurricane season in atlantic. >> see you in a little bit, rob. >>> and coming up on "good morning america" -- two parachutists collide in mid-air. how did this horrible accident happen? >>> plus, brace yourself geeks, and i include myself in that, the big star wars news coming to theme parks in florida and california, what we're learning about the new star wars movie. sara? >>> cristiano ronaldo and his little mini-me flex

multiple lightning strikes all over the cheyenne area. >> oh, my goodness. it seemed to move very quickly. thank goodness you were able to get out with your lives. you mentioned you were all gathering things and firefighters came and said it's time to get out. is there an estimate you could give me on how quickly this fire seemed to be fueled and make its way to your home? >> oh, the winds were kicking up 35, 40 miles per hour. we saw it come down the canyon and we said, oh, got to go, got to go. by the time we each got into our car, my dad is a stroke survivor. we had to escort him into his car. he did not want to leave the house. he was too confused. we said, time to go, dad. firemen all came down and physically put him in his car. by the time we drove down the road, it -- it was in the pasture, in the yard, it was all over and that was it. the whole place is basically melted. >> that had to be so frightening as you were driving out and seeing the flames licking at your property. what did that feel like? how -- you know, how in danger, how fearful did you

. >> like millions, cheyenne was looking for a job, and was ex at that time wick she received an e-mail similar to this one asking her to schedule an interview. >> i thought i would officially get an e-mail from a sign that i officially signed up for, but it was actually a scam e-mail. >> fortunately, she didn't fall for it. it seems every day everyone is being bombarded with fishing emails. >> how many? >> probably two, three a day. >> maybe two, three. >> what do you do? >> i just delete them. >> while these ladies new better not everyone does. scam remembers becoming more creative, and clicking on just one e-mail, can lead to a virus. >> people are going to watch what you are doing, they'll look at credit card numbers, passwords that you are going to put in. be very careful. >> cyber sex your at this expert is ceo of few tech, company that specializes in network security, says these scams are called fishing emails for a reason, scammers bathing you for more information. >> if you click on them, don't give any of usual information away. if you do it leads directly to either identity t

we have a severe weather threat from denver to cheyenne. back through north platte. tomorrow it expands just a little bit. as we go through really tuesday and wednesday, we start to really drive that. a decent cold front starts to push its way across the midwest. flood watch for parts of interior nebraska, could see 1 to 2 inches of rainfall with this system. >> try to stay cool out there. >> try to stay cool out there. >> try to stay cool out there. what's been cool has been the hurricane season in atlantic. but we have a little ping out there. we will talk about that in a little bit. >> see you in a little bit, rob. >>> and coming up on "gma" -- two parachutists collide in mid-air. one slams into this apartment building. how did this horrible accident happen? >>> plus, brace yourself, geeks, and i include myself in that, the big star wars news coming to theme parks in florida and california, plus what we're learning about the new star wars movie. sara? >>> and like father like son. super sexy soccer star cristiano ronaldo and his little mini-me flexing. plus, anoth

damaging winds and hail and brief tornado from cheyenne to the northwest.e talk about the heat across the southwest. heat advisory for minneapolis, st. paul. a slew of 90s. this is normal, but we'll increase the humidity a little bit more. a lot of people good swath of the country will see heat the next several days, rain across parts of florida, especially the pan handle. here's the local forecast. good morning, i'm chris sowers with that accuweather update. skies are crystal clear, we're expecting a hot day, 90 degrees, fairly comfortable humidity levels, dog days of august will not disappoint in this seven-day forecast. the entire time we'll reach 90 degrees, 90 today, 93 tomorrow, 93 monday and 90 degrees from tuesday on. beach forecast, back by popular demand in about ten minute. >> said with such gus tow. >> you have to sell it, baby. >> all right, robert. we're sold. >>> coming up on "gma," a very unsettling story from the water this time of year. a gator attack. a nine-foot alligator attacking a kayaker in florida. dragging her under the water. the

>> guest: probably whether or not custer had an affair with the indian princess, the cheyenne captive monacita. this is something that can't be proven either way. we simply don't have evidence that would say, one way or the other, whether this took place. but we do have some evidence that seems to me credible to indicate that custer and monacita did have some kind of liaison or intimate friendship. he used her as a courier to her own people. she always came back, appeared to be very fond of him. and then when she did finally go back to her own people, she wanted to leave her son, who had been born in captivity but with an indian father, with custer. and it seemed certainly a mark of her respect for him that she volunteered to do this. c-span: where's the information on that located? >> guest: notes that a researcher named walter camp took from a scout who had been with custer at the time named ben clark. people disagree as to whether clark is telling the truth. it seems to me, from my reading of him, that he is, and those it's the unspoiled battlefield that is extremely attractive. c-

the cheyenne river sioux voted to return the check after it said the nfl franchise was a racist organizatione check was sent by the redskins original americans foundation last month. created last year after calls by native americans and other groups urged the team to change its name. >>> the "los angeles times" says california has thrown a curve ball into a transgender inmate's request to have the state pay for sex reassignment surgery. a federal judge ordered the state to pay for the surgery back in april. but appeals delayed the procedure. now governor jerry brown is granting michelle norris with a parole which frees taxpayers from paying for the surgery. the move comes as california agreed to pay for a section change surgery for another inmate. >>> a state general register of springfield illinois reports dr. russell donner has died. he never charged more than $5 for an office visit during his 58 years practicing medicine. he made house calls and once explained to our dean reynolds that he would sometimes pay out of his own pocket if somebody didn't have insurance. >> when was the last tim

. >> cheyenne malone from cnn tells us that even being lost at sea, the family is not giving up. >> iubt that he is out there. and alive. >> confident that his missing son perry will soon be found. >> anybody could survive this. it is my son. >> the two disappeared and the capsized boat recovered tuesday. >> they have countless nautical miles of sea. air force joining in on the search from above. >> how much it means to me. >> it is day six and still no sign of the 14-year-olds. still desperately they want rescue teams to keep pressing on. >> this is for everybody to please continue searching for my boy. >> he is there. and he is waving. >> there are so many people that have survived in the at laptd tuck ocean. gulf of mexico. throughout this world for months. >> feeling helpless. remaining positive and optimistic. >> perry isn't the average 14-year-old. >> i know, that, he would have done everything he can. whether it is in grabbing all of it tying together. and the cooler has water in it. and there is a seat. that is missing. he would have thought of it. >> giving this emotional mes

the alert specifically mentions the cities of cheyenne, wyoming, and greeley, colorado, they insist thatrican's families, all families rather should remain vigilant and report anything suspicious to the fbi. >>> well enraged driver sends a california grandfather flying into the air. we want to warn you, the video is hard to watch. >> oh, look at that man go flying. the driver of that vehicle, cheering moments after he hit the 53-year-old. he left him on the street to die. he an another man has been arguing right before a driver stole his car, and then ran him over. police are now looking for the suspects. incredibly, he is expected to be okay. you can see him right there with his grandson. >>> great baseball play goes wrong. atlanta braves outfielder perez dives, except he didn't. and he held up his dplov in celebration. he runs for the ball. once he realized it wasn't in the glove, oh, the giants batter ended up on second base. what a bummer for that guy. and those are your headlines. it happens to the best of us. >> no kidding. >> thank you very much. >>> all right. are you hungry? hun

these kids are jaden, cheyenne, and kenley, we have emma and zanea. what's brick fest?an festival. we bring in 10 to 20,000 people in these cities and they come out and hang out with us and they play with lego like they have never done before. >> i used to make a chimney and i thought i accomplished something as a child. what is the genius of lego? >> lego, it was in fact, the brick that you see today was created back in 1958, and by 1963, the son of the founder realized that, hey, we have a brick that's universal, that's good for boys, girls, that's quality play time, and, you know, actually parents love it because kids can sit there by themselves and bl and create and really just do these amazing things. they don't realize they are learning. >> you can register to be a member of a lego fan club, correct? >> we have something called brick swag, it's a monthly membership. you get amazing things every month. you get a unique t-shirt, funky cards with things to build. >> what are they learning when they are doing that? >> as a parent, i feel like i'm doing my job, i inspi

there was a cheyenne arapahoe way of life before and after the massacre and that is still here today. that is an important legacy. >> with your close work, what would you say is the significance of the work for the cheyenne arapahoe? >> going back to what i just said. the impact of the massacre was that so many chiefs -- this was a peace chiefs encampment. so many chiefs were lost. elderly people were lost. so much traditional leadership, in the traditional sense, that was eradicated in one day that the impact was multigenerational. the loss of a tremendous amount of traditional knowledge language ceremonies, and so forth. finally, the economic consequences that have plagued tribal nations across the country since that time. that is something that has impacted generations since. it is also given a sense of strength of perseverance and rebuilding that knowledge. it is a really important component of having a place of commemoration. to connect with that history and bring that forward. >>

in the west were the cheyenne, for example. siouxan groups moved down. but we also had the winnebago and the omaha and the ponta. i would venture to guess we have 300,000-400,000 objects. many of the great plains items were, as i mentioned, collected after the civil war when hero americans came out from the great plains. if they were establishing missions, even in terms of the military, they would collect various items of material culture and we have those in our gallery as well as about 98% of our collections are housed elsewhere. in a museum, you typically do not see more than 2% or 3% of the collections that are on public display. in the planning for the gallery, we work collaboratively with a number of native americans, and this is important because historically we see a lot of times modern museums in turn for -- museums interpret native american life for the native american. it is seen from someone else's perspective, perhaps not themselves native american. first of all, we wanted to work with native people to get their views and their input as to w