The city of Denver could build a cultural center near Denver International Airport, part of an effort to welcome members of tribal nations to return to their historic homelands on the Great Plains and Front Range.
Mayor Mike Johnston has proposed using $20 million in proposed bond money to build the project, called the American Indian Cultural Embassy. Many of the details are undetermined, but the facility could serve as a gathering space and cultural hub for tribes with ties to the Denver area.
“The embassy would serve as a place for people to come, do business,” Gilmore said in an interview. “All of the tribes that are across the nation that have ties to Denver, they will now have a place to come and do business, to partner with the city.”…