Southern Ute Drum Media Manager, Jeremy Wade Shockley and TIS Administrative Assistant, Samantha Maez wrap Reporter/Photographer, McKayla Lee in a Pendleton Blanket during a small going-away reception on Monday, Dec. 20 in the Buckskin Charley Conference Room. Lee has worked at the Drum for four years and plans on pursing a double major in Journalism and Native American Studies at the University of Montana in Missoula in the spring of 2022.

Southern Ute Council Member, Marge Barry gives McKayla Lee a hug and a handshake, wishing her the best on her future endeavors and thanking Lee for her years of service as an employee with the Southern Ute Drum newspaper. The farewell reception was held, Monday, Dec. 20.