The annual Missing & Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR) Motorcycle Run rolled into Ignacio for a second year where over 100 riders cruised the 80-mile trek, which started at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, then proceeded to Chimney Rock National Park, then onto Navajo Lake State Park in Arboles; finishing in Ignacio for a closing ceremony with a meal provided by Rez Girls Catering at the Southern Ute Multi-Purpose Facility. The closing ceremony included a prayer by elder Hanley Frost, and a Bear Dance demonstration with participants of riders, community and Tribal Council members on Sunday, Sept. 1.
MMIR Run riders participated in a small Bear Dance presentation, given by Daisy Bluestar, Hanley Frost and Sam Maez, as part of the closing ceremonies of the 2nd Annual MMIR Run in the Southern Ute multi-Purpose Facility. A meal of beef stew and posole, with frybread or tortilla, was provided by Rez Girls Catering.
Sam and Earnestine Maez led the MMIR Run riders into the Multi-Purpose Facility parking lot, the final stop in the 80-mile run from Durango to Chimney Rock, Navajo Lake and Ignacio.
Native Love, Executive Director Daisy Bluestar, rolls into the final stop with other riders at the Multi-Purpose Facility.
MMIR Run riders participated in a small Bear Dance presentation, given by Daisy Bluestar, Hanley Frost and Sam Maez, as part of the closing ceremonies of the 2nd Annual MMIR Run in the Southern Ute multi-Purpose Facility. A meal of beef stew and posole, with frybread or tortilla, was provided by Rez Girls Catering.
Miss Southern Ute, Autumn Sage, welcomes the riders of the 2nd annual MMIR Run in the Southern Ute Multi-Purpose Facility.
Nocca Whiteskunk and her children make a choice between beef stew and posole, and tortillas or frybread, prepared and served by Rez Girls Catering.
Members and supporters of Native Love and the Medicine Wheel Riders gather after the MMIR Run for a group photo, left to right: Laurinda Warren, Silvia Morris, Cindy Nakai, Vanessa Torres – Southern Ute Tribal Council, Brenda Tabaha, Lorelei Cloud – Southern Ute Tribal Council Vice Chair, Oolcu Buckskin – Native Love member, Kristean Velasquez – Native Love member, and Daisy Bluestar – Native Love Executive Director.
MMIR Run participants park their two-wheeled steeds at the final stop of the 2nd annual MMIR Run at the Southern Ute Multi-Purpose Facility in Ignacio. The ride began at the La Plata County Fairgrounds in Durango, then onto Chimney Rock National Monument, with a stop at the Navajo State Park in Arboles for a short ceremony, before heading to Ignacio.
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
