A healing ceremony at the site of a massacre blamed on Indians began in Utah on Tuesday.
More than 120 settlers were killed in the Mountain Meadows Massacre in a siege that ended on September 11, 1875. Mormon pioneers are believed to have instigated the attack.
A group of people claming Cherokee descent arranged the ceremony, which will end on September 11. The Mountain Meadows Association, descendants of massacre survivors, opposes the ceremony.
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(The Salt Lake Tribune 9/8)
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