Celebrating 100 years of Tribal Fair: Parade






The Southern Ute Tribe shines with pride each year on the second weekend of September during Tribal Fair. Each upcoming issue of the Southern Ute Drum will focus on a major component of things that make our Tribal Fair unique. The earlier and simpler years of our Ute nation always focused on “community,” and few things bring a community together like a parade — the focus of this week’s historical feature.
The Culture Department would like to recognize years of parade marshals, royalty, horsemanship, parade floats, walking entries, thrown candy, sirens, and fire trucks. As we look forward to celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Southern Ute Tribal Fair, we hope that everyone takes time to reflect on the people who came before us and the younger versions of ourselves who are able to look forward to some parade candy tossed out along Goddard Avenue each September.
The Southern Ute Tribe will be celebrating the 100th year of the Southern Ute Tribal Fair this September; to commemorate this milestone, the Southern Ute Culture Department and Southern Ute Drum Archive collaborated to highlight past events through historic photos. In the next four publications, the Southern Ute Drum will feature Tribal Fair themes, highlighting events, and participants throughout the last century — starting first with a look back on our Tribal Fair Parade.