Posts by McKayla Lee

The Ignacio School District selected Chris deKay as the new superintendent, he will assume the role in July, replacing Rocco Fuschetto, who retires at the end of the 2020-2021 academic school year.

Mon Mar 1st, 2021

Ignacio School District welcomes one of their own

Fri Feb 12th, 2021

Watts joins team following successful apprenticeship

Amy Barry helps check in Gabriel Carmona while Heather Frost takes temperature checks at the entrance of the Sky Ute Casino Event Center on Wednesday, February 10.

Fri Feb 12th, 2021

Tribe coordinates back-to-back vaccination event

SUIMA student, Olyvia Watts performs a play with her classmates for parents and teachers to watch while attending the annual Book Fair on Thursday, March 12.

Sat Mar 28th, 2020

SUIMA hosts ‘Family Night’ & Book Fair

Chef Karlos Baca watches as tribal elder, Linda Eagle grinds handfuls of blue corn, so the Cooking Matters class could make fresh pressed tortillas for quesadillas and salsa.

Sat Mar 28th, 2020

Cooking, it matters

Thunder Windy Boy fakes a dribble to his left then runs the ball to make a layup for the ‘Sixers’ against player 31.

Fri Mar 13th, 2020

Cross-court action

Kelsey Lansing, Cultural Outreach Coordinator for the Sexual Assault Services Organization (SASO) helps hosts and welcome community members to the opening of SASO’s new office located in Ignacio, at the ELHI Community Center. The new office will be a place for individuals to learn about programs and resources that aim to stop sexual violence.

Fri Mar 13th, 2020

SASO Opening

Amonnie Johnson proudly shows off the dinosaur book that he bought during the Academy’s ‘Bagels and Books’ event on Wednesday, March 11.

Fri Mar 13th, 2020

SUIMA Bagels and Books

Sarafina Chackee and Kalynn Weaver stop to admire an old war bonnet in the National Museum of the American Indian while touring with the Close Up Foundation on Monday, Feb. 10.

Fri Feb 28th, 2020

Students stay Close Up in D.C.

Mona Lisa Ashley Barber

Fri Feb 28th, 2020

Ashley-Barber new Fiduciary Trust Officer

Burch sisters: Lisa Burch, Lynette Sage and Leora Lucero present Meonahan

Fri Feb 28th, 2020

LCB Winners

Elise Red helps Kristean Velasquez trace the outline of her son’s foot onto hide. Red taught the moccasin making class for the Southern Ute Indian Montessori Academy’s family night on Wednesday, Feb. 19.

Fri Feb 28th, 2020

PAG Family Night

Audrey Mesich listens intently as boxing coach, Vincente Garcia gets participants ready with a simple warm up routine during the first boxing night at the Jungle Gym in Durango, Colo. on Friday, Feb. 7.

Fri Feb 28th, 2020

Jungle Gym Boxing

Los Alamos National Laboratory Health Physicist, Mike Duran helps Alejandra Loya-Munoz with surveying a dose-rate meter at the Spectrometer of Materials Research.

Fri Feb 28th, 2020

Duran recognized for his accomplishments in the field of radiation science

Singers from the Four Corner’s region joined together to drum songs out for all the community members who attended the benefit round dance.

Fri Feb 14th, 2020

Round dancin’ to benefit powwow