Stories tagged with Many Moons Ago

10 years ago: The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe hosted its annual Bear Dance in the hot sun in Towaoc June 4-7. The celebration invites participants to leave their worries behind and begin the year anew. Chairmen Ernest House Sr. of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and Curtis Cesspooch of the Northern Ute Tribe dance with partners after the line has broken into individuals.
This photo was published in the June 18, 2020, issue of The Southern Ute Drum

Fri Jun 19th, 2020

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30 Years Ago: The NAYO Powwow took place on May 5, 1996. Gourd Dancers Rob GoodTracks, Gerald Howe and Daniel Weaver can be seen here in this photo. The Head Start gym was filled with over 100 dancers and spectators for the powwow.
This photo was published in the May 11, 1990, issue of The Southern Ute Drum.

Fri May 8th, 2020

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10 Years Ago: Alaskan Native Jennifer Bennis was crowned Miss Hozhoni 2010-2011 on March 27 during the 46th annual Hozhoni Days PowWow, a two-day event capping off a week of cultural celebrations at Fort Lewis College in Durango. Emotions ran high as the reigning Miss Hozhoni, Seratha Largie, passed on her title and gave a welcoming embrace to Bennis, her successor. Bennis is a Fort Lewis college student from Dillingham, Alaska, and an Alaskan Native of the Curyung Tribe.
This photo first appeared in the April 9, 2010, edition of The Southern Ute Drum.

Fri Apr 10th, 2020

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10 Years Ago: Lights dimmed in the Denver Coliseum during the Saturday night Grand Entry as attendees celebrated tribal veterans with an Honor Song. The ceremony was repeated five times over three days at the Denver March Powwow. Thousands of representatives from tribes across the United States convened at the annual event to participate in traditional dance, song, storytelling and other activities.
This photo first appeared in the March 12, 2010, edition of The Southern Ute Drum.

Sat Mar 28th, 2020

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30 years ago, James M. Olguin, Director of the Southern Ute Wildlife Department, talks to a group of Colorado State University students on an annual ecology tour of the United States, looking at different management programs.

Fri Mar 13th, 2020

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30 Years Ago: Five students and a chaperone will be attending the Washington D.C. Workshop, March 3 – 10, 1990. The purpose of the workshop was to help students learn about the federal government, the judicial system and have the opportunity to learn what it takes to be in politics. Those students attending were (right to left) Sadie Frost, Daphnee Washington, Amy Barry, Johnita Taylor, and Anthony Gunn (not pictured).
This photo first appeared in the March 3, 1990, edition of The Southern Ute Drum.

Fri Feb 28th, 2020

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20 years ago: People from across the country gathered in Colorado Springs on January 13, 2000 to help the Native American Sports Council honor Jim Thorpe. Among the celebrants (left to right) were Southern Ute Tribal Councilman Byron Red Sr., Billy Mills (10K Olympic Gold Medal Winner, Councilman Dewitte Baker, and Ross Anderson (Professional Speed Skier).
This photo first appeared in the Feb. 11, 2000, edition of The Southern Ute Drum.

Fri Feb 14th, 2020

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20 years ago: During a January 14 ceremony in Denver, former Southern Ute Tribal Chairman Leonard C. Burch was presented with the 2000 Martin Luther King Jr. Business Social Responsibility Award for the state of Colorado.
This photo first appeared in the Jan. 28, 2000, edition of The Southern Ute Drum.

Fri Jan 31st, 2020

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The Southern Ute Tribal Council traveled to Phoenix, Arizona to meet with the Navajo Water Commission on problems that concern both the Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute Tribes on January 6, 1980. Chairman Leonard C. Burch gave input on the Animas-La Plata project in Colorado.

Thu Jan 16th, 2020

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30 years ago, Fry bread contestants Kathryn Jacket and Richard Jefferson shake hands.

Fri Oct 11th, 2019

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40 Years Ago: Dallas Brown, Rusty Box, Tim Jefferson and Russel Box Sr. setting up a Tee Pee at the La Plata County Fairgrounds during the La Plata County Fair held in Durango. Sunshine Cloud’s grandchildren, Russell Box Sr. family and Jim Jefferson family participated in the fair by Indian dancing in from of the Tee Pee.
This photo first appeared in the Aug. 31, 1979, edition of The Southern Ute Drum.

Fri Aug 30th, 2019

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10 Years Ago
1st Annual Heritage Train to Cascade. Pictured Tileta Jeffeson and Kelsey Monroe.
This photo first appeared in the Aug. 14, 2009, edition of The Southern Ute Drum.

Fri Aug 16th, 2019

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30 Years Ago:
Jeannette and Sadie Frost receive a certificate for completion of a course in “summer horsemanship” held at CSU in Ft. Collins, CO. The program was open to youths between 10 and 18 years of age. The program covered mounted lessons in English and Western riding, management.
This photo first appeared in the Aug. 4, 1989, edition of The Southern Ute Drum.

Fri Aug 2nd, 2019

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July 2, 2009
Photo by: Jeremy Wade Shockley /SU DRUM
Southern Ute tribal members and other native American dancers greet tour groups from around the world that visit the Southern Ute Reservation and the Sky Ute Casino Resort.

Tue Jul 2nd, 2019

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10 Years Ago: Moon’s Custom Cycles, Blackhawk Trading, and the town of Ignacio collaborated with Ignacio High School art teacher Jill Peterson and students to paint a full color wall mural adjacent to Moon’s. Students pictured from the left are Tiffany Bluehouse, Springwind Frost, Jasmine Bluehous, Krystopher Winterhawk and Jesse Maez.

This photo first appeared in the June 19, 2009, edition of The Southern Ute Drum.

Fri Jun 21st, 2019

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