Tribe prepares for Bear Dance
Friday - May 16, 2014 by Damon Toledo | The Southern Ute Drum
Southern Ute Indian Montessori Academy students demonstrate the Bear Dance during the workshop.
Matthew J. Box addresses the guidelines of the Bear Dance to workshop attendees using a diagram outlining the dance corral. The dance is monitored by a list of directions, which visitors must follow appropriately when taking part of the occasion.
Photo Credit: Damon Toledo | The Southern Ute Drum
Photo Credit: Damon Toledo | The Southern Ute Drum
As the Southern Ute Bear Dance approaches, tribal members and the general public were invited to attend a Bear Dance workshop at the Sky Ute Casino Event Center on Wednesday, May 14. Southern Ute Bear Dance Chief, Matthew J. Box, explained proper Bear Dance etiquette; and students from the Southern Ute Indian Montessori Academy demonstrated how the Bear Dance is properly performed.