The Ute Mountain Ute Public Works Dept. delivered approximately 45 boxes of corn, including yellow and acorn squash as well as green beans from the Farm and Ranch Int. of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe on the west side of their reservation. The deed was done as Simon Light said, “We wanted to share what we have with the Southern Utes, our ‘sister tribe’. We were able to provide for our tribal members back home and wanted to share with our sister tribe.” Acting Director Marcianne Wing for UMU public works also helped gather the corn and greet tribal members as they picked up their corn.
Ute Mountain Ute Public Works Dept. employees Dejuan Augustine (left) and David Wing gather corn into boxes for Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute tribal members in Ignacio Wednesday, Aug. 26 in the Tribal Housing parking lot. Approximately 45 boxes of corn were delivered, along with squash and green beans.
Field Service Manager, Simon Light told those who gathered for the produce, it was grown on the west side of Ute Mountain Ute Reservation at the Farm and Ranch Int. “We wanted to share with our sister tribe, and our members off the reservation,” Light said.
Helene Peabody gathers here box of corn and looking to add some squash to her bounty, provided by the Ute Mountain Ute Public Works Dept.
Southern Ute tribal member, Loni Acevedo looks through the boxes of green beans, yellow and acorn squash.
Photo Credit: Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Photo Credit: Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Photo Credit: Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Photo Credit: Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
