May 2013 – The Southern Ute Drum

Education Top Stories

Floyd scholarship goes to Ayona Hight

May 24, 2013 by Ace Stryker | The Southern Ute Drum

News Top Stories

Drum wins all-time-best 22 in annual Top of the Rockies journalism contest

May 24, 2013 by Staff report | The Southern Ute Drum

The Southern Ute Veterans Association honors men and women who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces with a Day of Remembrance ceremony and procession on Memorial Day 2012. This year’s Day of Remembrance will be Monday, May 27, beginning at 10 a.m. The ceremonies will begin at the Southern Ute Veterans Memorial Park in Ignacio, proceed to the Bear Dance Bridge, overlooking the Pine River, and continue to the Ouray Cemetery.

A salute to our Southern Ute troops

May 17, 2013 / May 17, 2013 by Ace Stryker | The Southern Ute Drum

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Howell, Small, Ignacio sworn in as Ute Tribe committee members

May 17, 2013 / May 20, 2013 by Staff report | The Southern Ute Drum

The Ignacio girls' soccer roster will have plenty of spaces to fill in 2014

Soccer’s rebuild for ’14 begins

May 17, 2013 / May 17, 2013 by Joel Priest | Special to the Drum

Ignacio pitcher Iaasic Pena shrugs contently and confidently

Even in loss, Bobcats baffle Bulldogs

May 17, 2013 / May 20, 2013 by Joel Priest | Special to the Drum

Executive Office takes steps to improve customer service

May 17, 2013 / May 17, 2013 by Staff report | The Southern Ute Drum

Robin Duffy-Wirth (center), fitness manager at the SunUte Community Center, instructs members of the Southern Ute Indian Tribal Council and their staff on lifesaving CPR techniques during a training in the Leonard C. Burch Building on Wednesday, May 1.

Council members learn CPR

May 17, 2013 / May 17, 2013 by Ace Stryker | The Southern Ute Drum

Track season hits home stretch

May 17, 2013 by Joel Priest | Special to the Drum

Members of the Southern Ute Indian Tribal Council and La Plata County Board of County Commissioners (left to right): Councilman Alex Cloud, Councilman Aaron V. Torres, Vice Chairman James M. Olguin, Council Lady Pathimi Goodtracks, Chairman Jimmy R. Newton Jr., Commissioner Bobby Lieb Jr., Council Lady Ramona Y. Eagle, Commissioner Gwen Lachelt and Commissioner Julie Westendorff.

Tribe, county nearing agreement on county roads

May 17, 2013 / May 17, 2013 by Ace Stryker | The Southern Ute Drum

Sarah Margoles of the Durango Discovery Museum experiments with buoyancy

Discovering science at SUIMA

May 17, 2013 / May 17, 2013 by Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum

Students of the Month

Students of the month: May 17, 2013

May 17, 2013 / May 17, 2013 by Ace Stryker | The Southern Ute Drum

The U.S. flags bookend the different flags of the Ute and the Dine tribes

Walking together for healthier nations

May 17, 2013 by Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum

Students of the Southern Ute Indian Montessori Academy created displays on everything from dinosaur fossils to famous scientists for the school’s annual Knowledge Night, which took place Thursday, May 2.

SUIMA students share new knowledge

May 17, 2013 / May 17, 2013 by Ace Stryker | The Southern Ute Drum

Southern Ute tribal member Arlene Millich explains some of the art on display at the Spirit of Women Art Show at the Dancing Spirit Community Arts Center in downtown Ignacio on Friday, May 3. The show featured artwork by several tribal members, including elder Annabelle Eagle. The artwork will be on display through May 30.

Women shine during art show

May 17, 2013 by Ace Stryker | The Southern Ute Drum

Tribe, town unite to address mosquito problems

May 17, 2013 / May 17, 2013 by Staff report | The Southern Ute Drum

On Thursday May, 9, John Chavarillo and Tyson Thompson gave students from the Southern Ute Indian Montessori Academy a introduction to the ways of Bear Dance, inviting a few of the boys to sit in and sing a couple of Bear Dance songs.

Sharing Bear Dance customs

May 17, 2013 / May 17, 2013 by Jeremy Wade Shockley | The Southern Ute Drum

On Saturday, May 4, a tree was felled and summarily removed from the northeast corner of the Southern Ute Veterans Park. Tyson Thompson was the sawyer assigned with the task of dropping and sectioning the tree.

Lightning-struck tree felled

May 17, 2013 by Jeremy Wade Shockley | The Southern Ute Drum

Loaned artifacts to return to Colo. Springs June 2

May 17, 2013 / May 20, 2013 by Ace Stryker | The Southern Ute Drum

Project manager Bill Gwinn holds a small yellow flower known as yellow alyssum, a non-native weed that can grow in disturbed or overgrazed areas. While rangelands may look green from a distance, the quality of the vegetation for grazing purposes can be deceiving.

Fencing project breathes new life into tribal rangelands

May 16, 2013 / May 17, 2013 by Jeremy Wade Shockley | The Southern Ute Drum

Taking a break to talk about the site, students and teachers stop midway along the hike toward the twin rock formations.

News Top Stories

Chimney Rock tour promotes healthy lifestyles

May 16, 2013 / May 17, 2013 by Jeremy Wade Shockley | The Southern Ute Drum

A feral horse moves through the sagebrush

News Top Stories

Tribe seeks to lure feral horses from reservation

May 16, 2013 / May 17, 2013 by Jeremy Wade Shockley | The Southern Ute Drum

The Sixers

Youth basketball teams commemorate season finale

May 9, 2013 / May 9, 2013 by Ace Stryker | The Southern Ute Drum