Family continues New Year’s traditional walk
Friday - January 12, 2024 by Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Photo Credit: Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Photo Credit: Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Photo Credit: Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Photo Credit: Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Photo Credit: Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
The family of the late Saa-sawnia Hiswaqs (Robert Buckskin) continue a family tradition that has spanned many years, with generations of family and community members, bringing in the New Year with a spiritual walk. On New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, Oolcu Buckskin, and her children, Sinaav, Sibrya and O’hozhoni Larry walked in honor of Saa-sawnia Hiswaqs as done for many years prior. Saa-sawnia began the walk in 1990, and continues in honor of “Buckskin,” who passed away in 2005.