Justin Lang of the Southern Ute Grounds Maintenance Division lends a hand at the Bear Dance Feast on Monday, May 27, the final day of the Southern Ute Bear Dance. A meal of traditional stew, cooked by fire, was served up from a cast-iron kettle outside of the Bear Dance Corral. The home-cooked feast was served with sides of frybread, watermelon and corn on the cob.

Family members of Debra Watts share food and conversation in the shade during the Bear Dance kickoff lunch, which took place outside of the Bear Dance Corral on Friday, May 24.