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Circa 1970’s: Growlers lead the dancers with traditional Bear dance songs.

Bear Dance: Strength and Tradition ­

Cassidy Tahlo gives a warm smile, as she receives congratulations from community members, school staff, and Tribal Council on Thursday, May 21.

SUIMA rolls through transition ceremony ­

Warren Whyte, Mrs. Pepper’s student, rides in the graduation parade through the Ignacio Elementary parking lot. Parents Sunshine and Terrance, joined other parents in decorating their student’s cars, in the middle school parking lot.

Kinders level up to first grade! ­

Southern Ute NAGPRA Coordinator Apprentice, Garrett Briggs, recently finished his two-year training program under the Tribe’s Cultural Preservation Department.

Briggs named for Udall Foundation Congressional Internship 

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Stepping together in perfect cadence, men and women dancers move to the rhythm of the bear, as the four-day spring celebration came to a close on Monday, May 20, 2019.  Shockley won third place in feature photography for his coverage of the Ute Tribe’s spring Bear Dance.
Drum nets 6 awards from the Society of Professional Journalists 

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First bison, welcome blessing

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Healthy Recipes: Southwest Ratatouille

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Screenshot from a weekly Zoom meeting between teachers and faculty; staff meetings at the Southern Ute Indian Montessori Academy (SUIMA) took on a different look for the last two months of 2019-2020 school year.
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10-year old Phillip Velasquez with a beautiful Rainbow trout he caught at Lake Capote recently. The rainbow measured 24-inches long, 13-inches around the girth and weighed approximately 5 to 6 pounds. He used a fly to hook up with this tank! His favorite saying is, “Let It Fly!
Let it fly!