Potawatomi elders visit
Friday - May 15, 2015 by Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Potawatomi Elder Committee Chairman, Stanley Morsean (center) told the elders, “We have never been welcomed by any tribe we visited in the past as we have been today by the Southern Utes.”
Culture Education Coordinator, Marge Barry of the Southern Ute Culture Dept. gave a tour of the Cultural Center & Museum to the visiting elders. Group Sale Coordinator, Jeff Lyman at the Sky Ute Casino Resort greeted the elders as they arrived.
Potawatomi Tribal elders gaze to the top of the tipi in the museum. The visiting elders toured the museum and stayed at the Sky Ute Casino Resort, before the long journey back home to Michigan.
The visitors arrive to the museum.
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






Elders of the Potawatami Tribe, from Dowagiac, MI visited the Four Corners region and made a special “secret” stop to the Southern Ute Reservation. The special tour and visit was kept a secret from the elders as they visited other tribes and regions of the Four Corners, including the Gathering of Nations Powwow in Albuquerque, N.M. and Mesa Verde. Southern Ute Tribal Chairman, Clement J. Frost gave a welcome to the elders in the Southern Ute Cultural Center & Museum on Thursday, April 30.