Dr Alexa Roberts

Alexa Roberts retired from the National Park Service in 2018 after 25 years of service. She has been involved with the Sand Creek Massacre site since 1999 when the first NPS efforts to identify its location began. She worked closely with Cheyenne and Arapaho descendants in the documentation of oral histories about the massacre and was then appointed as the project manager responsible for ensuring that the national historic site was established. Roberts was the park’s first superintendent, a position which she held until her retirement and one that she considers to be one of the greatest honors of her lifetime. After retirement Alexa moved back to reconnect with her New Mexico roots, but remains deeply committed to the enduring legacy of the Sand Creek Massacre in the lives of its descendants and for its relevance to global issues now and in the future.