Stories tagged with NAGPRA

Fri Feb 12th, 2021

Watts joins team following successful apprenticeship

Snow and fog surround Fisher’s Peak, Colorado’s newest State Park and the second
largest in the State. The park officially opened to the public this fall.

Fri Nov 20th, 2020

NAGPRA seeks Tribal voice in development of Colorado’s newest State Park

The Mid-Continent Limestone Quarry is located north of Glenwood Springs, Colo., on a slope behind Iron Mountain, which is in close proximity to sacred Ute heritage sites, such as Yampa Hot Springs and Vapor Caves.

Fri Sep 11th, 2020

Protecting the hot springs and vapor caves in Glenwood Springs

Southern Ute NAGPRA Coordinator Apprentice, Garrett Briggs, recently finished his two-year training program under the Tribe’s Cultural Preservation Department.

Tue May 12th, 2020

Briggs named for Udall Foundation Congressional Internship

The Head Start Building circa 1960’s. The building was still used as a school after the consolidation of the Ute Vocational School and the Ignacio Public Schools in 1955.

Fri Mar 13th, 2020

What about the Head Start building?

Shelly Thompson, the new Cultural Preservation Department Director and the new Southern Ute Museum Director, Susan Cimburek sit for a photo together in the welcome area of the museum on Tuesday, Jan. 28.

Fri Jan 31st, 2020

Thompson and Cimburek sign on as new Dept. Directors

NAGPRA Coordinator Apprentice, Garrett Briggs, finishes his two-year training program under Cultural Preservation.

Thu Jan 16th, 2020

Briggs completes apprenticeship program for NAGPRA position

Students at the Teller Institute Indian School. Circa 1900.

Fri Feb 15th, 2019

Project seeks to identify Indian students who perished while attending Grand Junction Indian Boarding School

Southern Ute Cultural Preservation NAGPRA Coordinator Cassandra Atencio and her apprentice Garrett Briggs honor Sheila Goff at the opening of the “Written on the Land: Ute Voices, Ute History” exhibit opening with a decorative shawl. Goff was honored for all her devoted work through collaborating with tribes as History Colorado’s Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Liaison and Curator of Archaeology for the past 11 years.

Fri Feb 1st, 2019

Goff retires as History Colorado’s NAGPRA Liaison and Curator

“It reminds us that we lived here, that we walked here,” Southern Ute NAGPRA Coordinator Cassandra Atencio said. She holds a bundle of fresh cuttings from the top of the tree, in hopes of creating viable seedlings from the historic cottonwood.

Sat Sep 2nd, 2017

Ute Council Tree: Witness to history

Ancestral Puebloan sites are prevalent throughout Cedar Mesa and the surrounding canyons. One of the best-preserved archeological sites being Moon House Ruin in McCloyd Canyon, a permit system is now in place to help regulate the number of daily visitors and protect the cliff dwellings for future generations.

Fri Aug 18th, 2017

Monument designation remains uncertain for Bears Ears

Alden Naranjo was the subject of many stories, and expressions of gratitude as he bid farewell to the tribe during his retirement party on Friday, March 31.

Thu Apr 13th, 2017

Naranjo retires as NAGPRA Coordinator

Fri Aug 5th, 2016

EPA seeks assistance from Ute tribes

Southern Ute Cultural Center representative, Alden Naranjo, speaks at the NAGPRA conference.

Tue May 27th, 2014

Cultural Center hosts NAGPRA conference

Fri May 2nd, 2014

Opportunity for tribal members through program

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