Stories tagged with McKayla Lee

Warren Whyte makes a personal connection with “Bernard,” one of the horses at Horse Empower outside of Durango, Colo., Wednesday, Sept. 8. “If they do find success in connecting, that’s the beauty, that’s the thing that they get to carry on, outside of the arena,” emphasized Horse Empower founder and equine specialist, Kim Hardesty.

Tue Oct 11th, 2022

Drum wins 13 awards from Colorado Press Association

Third Place: Best News Photo
“Kindergarteners advance to first grade!”
McKayla Lee – The Southern Ute Drum: June 4, 2021.

Thu Aug 4th, 2022

Drum wins 9 National Native Media Awards in 2022

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.

Thu Dec 30th, 2021

Lee embarks on new adventure

Lexy Young and Kalynn Weaver trace outlines of faces and names that are etched into the Korean War Veterans Memorial on the National Mall. Southern Ute Drum
Reporter/Photographer, McKayla Lee won second place in
the Best Feature Photo category of the 2021 NAJA Awards.

Fri Aug 13th, 2021

Drum wins 14 Native American Journalist Association awards in 2021

Lexy Young and Kalynn Weaver trace outlines of faces and names that are etched into the Korean War Veterans Memorial on the National Mall. Southern Ute Drum
Reporter/Photographer, McKayla Lee won second place in
the Best Feature Photo category of the 2021 NAJA Awards.

Fri Jun 18th, 2021

Drum staff earns top honors from CPA & SPJ

Runners from the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes of Oklahoma raise their eagle staffs at the Riverside Cemetery in Denver before the last leg of the Sand Creek Massacre Memorial Spiritual Healing Run on Sunday, December 1, 2019. The History Colorado Center hosts an annual meal with participants and community members following the run.

Thu Apr 22nd, 2021

NEH grants $400,000 for Sand Creek Massacre exhibition

Southern Ute tribal elder, San Jean Burch displayed red signs and cutouts of red dresses in her front yard in 2019 to raise awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW); the red dresses are a symbol of awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.

Fri Mar 26th, 2021

Lee receives CCASA 2021 Media Excellence award

Stepping together in perfect cadence, men and women dancers move to the rhythm of the bear, as the four-day spring celebration came to a close on Monday, May 20, 2019.  Shockley won third place in feature photography for his coverage of the Ute Tribe’s spring Bear Dance.

Sat May 23rd, 2020

Drum nets 6 awards from the Society of Professional Journalists

Chef Karlos Baca watches as tribal elder, Linda Eagle grinds handfuls of blue corn, so the Cooking Matters class could make fresh pressed tortillas for quesadillas and salsa.

Sat Mar 28th, 2020

Cooking, it matters

Fri Dec 20th, 2019

Student of the season

Terrance Whyte puts his talents on the boards as he aims for a strike during the Strike Out Cancer Bowling Extravaganza at the Rolling Thunder Lanes of the Sky Ute Casino Resort, Tuesday, Oct. 15. The event brought bowlers of all levels together on the bowling lanes for fun during their lunch hour.

Fri Oct 25th, 2019

Striking out cancer

Science & Discovery: Second-place Best News Photo

Fri Jul 19th, 2019

Drum takes home top honors at NAJA, earning best-ever 13 awards

McKayla Lee won Third Place in News Photography for “Ute voices, tribal histories shared in Denver.”

Fri May 10th, 2019

The Southern Ute Drum gains recognition at SPJ

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