The Southern Ute Royalty held a Bear Dance Growler Class and a social Bear Dance chit chat class for both girls and boys over the age of 12 on Saturday, April 22 at the Southern Ute Multi-Purpose Facility.

Lorenzo Root from the Northern Ute Tribe of Utah gave a blessing to kick off the Bear Dance program.

Southern Ute tribal elder, Rudley Weaver was asked to be a guest speaker during the class. Weaver shared his insight and advice on the male perspective for the Bear Dance and told stories of how it was growing up with the traditional ways of Bear Dance in his youth.

Photo Credit: Krista Richards | SU Drum