Miss Southern Ute Loraine Watts, Little Miss Southern Ute Myla GoodTracks, Southern Ute Brave Dominick GoodTracks and Junior Miss Southern Ute Autumn Sage, dance in the first Grand Entry of the Northern Ute Thanksgiving Powwow on Thursday, Nov. 23.
Miss Southern Ute 2017-2018 Loraine Watts introduces herself to the crowd in her Ute language. She also wished all that attended a “Happy Thanksgiving”.
Many dancers gathered for the Friday night session of the 2017 Northern Ute Thanksgiving Powwow. The annual contest Powwow continued through Saturday of the Thanksgiving weekend.
Mr. Rudley Weaver (white shirt) of the Southern Ute Veterans Association carried the Southern Ute flag in the grand entries of the 2017 Northern Ute Thanksgiving Powwow held in Ft. Duchesne, Utah.