Ignacio celebrates a century
Thursday - October 3, 2013 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
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
As Ignacio turned 100, the town gathered to recognize its multicultural makeup. Town Mayor Stella Cox and Southern Ute Chairman Jimmy R. Newton Jr. welcomed community members. Tom Givon shared a reading from his new book, “Ute Texts.” A photo gallery depicting Ignacio through the decades was on display. Davis Wing, councilman of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, also spoke of his teachings as a Ute, as taught to him as a direct-descendent of Chief Ignacio.