Together, we walk for healthier nations

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Youth runners hit the 12K trail course – first out of the starting point, followed by the walkers of the 6K course.
Flags were hoisted as the drum group sang an honor song prior to the start of the walk/run. Conrad Jacket – U.S. flag, Kia Whiteskunk – Ute Mountain Ute flag, Rudley Weaver – Southern Ute flag, and Nathan Elk, Eagle Staff.
Flags were hoisted as the drum group sang an honor song prior to the start of the walk/run. Conrad Jacket – U.S. flag, Kia Whiteskunk – Ute Mountain Ute flag, Rudley Weaver – Southern Ute flag, and Nathan Elk, Eagle Staff.
Southern ute Community Health Representatives, Darius Smith, Caludena Lang and Calandra Yazzie brave the winds and the rain as they hit the 12K running trail course around the Four Corners National Monument.
Southern Ute Social Services Foster Care Coordinator, Lisa Frost, Social Services Data Manager, LuRhea Ramone, and Southern Ute elder Needa Chackee stand at the finish line.
Leanrdo Litz and Lisa Nez, on their way back from a field trip with the Southern Ute Academy students to Canyon de Chelly, stopped at the monument and walked the course.
Southern Ute Bear Dance Chief, Matthew Box (left) and Southern Ute Sun Dance Chief, Hanley Frost welcomed all to Bear Dance.
Catman, Nathan Elk, looks over the dancers and keeps the dancers in line during the Bear Dance presentation, before the darkening clouds covered the grounds with rain.
Little Miss Ute Mountain Ute, Riley Lang is joined by other royalty members and attendees in the Bear Dance presentation.
Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
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Thu May 23rd, 2019 , by Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum

Under overcast skies, the annual Walking Together for Healthier Nations at the Four Corners National Monument held out as long as the rain didn’t. However, the rain won the race this year. But that did not deter walkers and runners from negotiating the 6K and 12K trail course, which began and ended at the Four Corners Monument, Friday, May 10. Various tribes participated in making the event possible: Navajo, Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute came together for the walk. A Bear Dance presentation concluded the event for the day, bringing together those who attended in dance.

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