Posts by McKayla Lee

Byron and Etta Frost, view the new collection of metal prints in the SunUte Community Center on Friday, Dec. 17 before attending SunUte’s Appreciation Luncheon.

Thu Dec 30th, 2021

SunUte Appreciation Luncheon

Tribal Information Mail Clerk, Roman Seibel works on outlining the festive deer on the TIS windows on Monday, Dec. 6.

Fri Dec 17th, 2021

‘Tis the Season …

SunUte is celebrating 20 years of operation, and to thank their former employees, an event was held on Friday, Dec. 3 at the Community Center. Former front desk attendants, Shiri Howell and Krista Richards attended together.

Fri Dec 17th, 2021

SunUte celebrates employees

Jamie Rivera, Auditor

Fri Dec 17th, 2021

Rivera joins Internal Audit team 

Tribal Information Service’s Administrative Assistant, Samantha Maez wraps the Hall of Warriors Christmas tree with lights and drapes ribbon down the sides of the tree, Tuesday, Nov. 30

Fri Dec 3rd, 2021

Christmas cheer fills LCB

Councilmember, Vanessa Torres hands a to-go Thanksgiving meal to Fidel Velasquez’s family during the curbside event, Saturday, Nov. 20 at the Sky Ute Casino Resort.

Fri Dec 3rd, 2021

Thanksgiving meals to-go

Hunter Frost and Kelcie Whammers cut the topping of their pie crust at the pie making workshop at the Multi-Purpose Facility, Tuesday, Nov. 10.

Fri Dec 3rd, 2021

Pie making at MPF

Heritage Dancers from the Ute Mountain Ute tribe dance during a special halftime performance at Fort Lewis College’s Nike N7 Games.

Fri Dec 3rd, 2021

N7 Night honors Native athletes at FLC

The Ignacio Elementary second grade students sing songs about the changing season and fill the elementary cafeteria with smiling faces as they dance the evening away at their annual fall concert, Tuesday, Nov.16.

Fri Dec 3rd, 2021

Fall concert heralds the season

Southern Ute tribal member, Deichman Dean Hudson, Jr., helps string Christmas lights on the tops of trees ahead of the holiday season on Tuesday, Nov. 23. The Grounds Maintenance crew has decorated multiple buildings on tribal campus.

Fri Dec 3rd, 2021

Christmas lights up campus

Southern Ute Councilwoman, Marge Barry kneads and rolls out her individual yeast rolls to bake during the Cultural Preservation Department’s Baking Class, Monday, Nov. 22 at the Southern Ute Education Building.

Fri Dec 3rd, 2021

Yeast rolls from scratch

Tribal Chairman Leonard C. Burch was asked to make the first basket in one of the basketball goals in the SunUte Community Center Gymnasium at the close of the ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, Nov. 30, 2001.

Fri Dec 3rd, 2021

SunUte celebrates 20 years of dedicated service to the tribal community

SunUte Community Center Group Exercise Instructors, Beth Santistevan and Jalisa Paul demonstrate how to plank and lift weights just as you would during one of their classes.

Fri Nov 19th, 2021

Group Exercise instructors encouraging health & fitness at SunUte

Fri Nov 19th, 2021

State prioritizing mental health among Native Veterans 

Heritage dancers, Heather White Thunder and Edward Box III share a laugh as they dance together during a round dance at the Durango Public Library.

Fri Nov 19th, 2021

Heritage presented at library

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