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The Southern Ute Culture Department hosted a virtual going away party for Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Garrett Briggs on Friday, Feb. 25. Colleagues, friends, tribal employees, and community members could attend the event via Microsoft Teams and give Briggs their well wishes and thank him for his hard work and dedication to the Tribe, and the NAGPRA program, over the past five years.

Thu Mar 10th, 2022

NAGPRA coordinator steps down after five years

Members of the Ute Indian communities of Colorado and Utah celebrated the opening of the Written on the Land: Ute Voices, Ute History exhibit in Denver with a round dance. Exhibits at the Ute Indian Museum in Montrose and History Colorado Center in Denver were co-created through 13 face-to-face consultations with representatives of the three Ute Tribes. Hundreds of Ute people traveled from Fort Duchesne, Utah, Ignacio, Colo., and Towaoc, Colo., to honor and celebrate the exhibit openings.

Thu Dec 30th, 2021

Colorado’s Urban Indian Experience

The Tribe’s Cultural Preservation Department, Native American Graves & Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) staff will assume the responsibility of review pursuant to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act upon completion of the development of its Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO). Pictured left to right: NAGPRA Tech Xavier Watts, NAGPRA Coordinators Cassandra Atencio and Garrett Briggs.

Wed Sep 22nd, 2021

Tribe welcomes establishment of Tribal Historic Preservation Office

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, after finishing 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

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