Stories tagged with Ute Tribes

Fri Oct 21st, 2022

Tribal acknowledgement at Camp Hale

The Bear Dance corral was filled with dancers and music again this spring, ushering in the new year in a good way; dancers from all three Ute tribes and across Indian Country made their way to Ignacio, Colo for the spring celebration.

Fri Jun 10th, 2022

Bear Dance in full swing for spring

Chairman Melvin J. Baker greeted the attendees of the Ute Day, Legislative Breakfast which began the day long events.

Fri Apr 22nd, 2022

Utes grace the State Capitol

Three Ute Women: Margaret Arrive (Ute Mountain Ute), Trennie Collins (Southern Ute), Ronnee Wopsock (Northern Ute)

Thu Oct 21st, 2021

Paynee Nooh Mahmchew Wyhgay, “Three Ute Women”

FLC Board of Trustee Member and Ute and Ute Mountain Ute tribal member, Ernest House Jr. and FLC Special Advisory to the President for Indigenous Affairs, Lee Bitsoi, place the removed panels into proper storage containers that will be relocated to the Center of Southwest Studies.

Fri Sep 10th, 2021

Fort Lewis takes further steps towards reconciliation

Southern Ute Veterans Association members, Howard Richards Sr. and Rod Grove stand together by the Vietnam War Veterans memorial that was part of their tour of the Santa Fe National Cemetery on Friday, August 27.

Fri Sep 10th, 2021

Association convenes in Santa Fe for annual retreat

Multi-Purpose Facility’s Operating Manager Elise Redd and Asheton Hadley help serve food during the Sip Chat and Chew event on Friday, Aug. 13.

Fri Aug 27th, 2021

Sip Chat and Chew

Adorned with brightly colored shawls, women lined the Bear Dance corral in a circular fashion — dancing for an Honor Song in recognition of Father’s Day.

Fri Jul 2nd, 2021

Sister tribes gather for Bear Dance

Fri Apr 10th, 2020

Gardner requests COVID-19 testing for Colorado tribes

Southern Ute Chairman Christine Sage addressed leadership at the quarterly Tri-Ute Meeting in Ignacio, Colo. Friday, Sept. 13.

Fri Sep 27th, 2019

Ute leadership convenes ahead of Tribal Fair

Students of the Southern Ute Indian Montessori Academy have the honor of dancing the first dance, a tradition at the Southern Ute Bear Dance and an integral part of the cultural component emphasized through the Montessori program. The young students spend weeks, if not months in preparation, often sewing their own moccasins and decorating their Bear Dance regalia together in the classroom.

Fri Jun 7th, 2019

‘Pino Nuche’ honor the bear through dance

Dancers getting judged at the Turkey Dance contest that happens in the Bear Dance corral after Bear Dance is done each spring in Randlett, Utah.

Fri May 10th, 2019

Bear Dancing in Randlett

This headdress is made of glass seed beads, cotton thread, trade cloth, buckskin, thirty-two eagle feathers, brass buttons, chicken feathers, horsehair, and animal fur. It belonged to Antonio Buck, Sr. (1879–1961), the last hereditary chief of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe. He received it from his father, Buckskin Charley (1840–1936), who led many delegations to Washington, DC, to work on behalf of the tribe. It was made around 1890–1900. Frances Buck donated it to History Colorado. 84.32.1

Tue Nov 20th, 2018

Written on the Land opens on Dec. 8, at History Colorado Center

Matthew Box and his father Eddie Box Jr. share a laugh before they sing Bear Dance songs at the Ute Nations Day event.

Thu Jun 7th, 2018

Ute Nations Day honors Bear Dance Chiefs

Southern Ute Interim Museum Director, Linda Baker gives an explanation of proper archiving, storage and cataloguing techniques used for cultural items, and sacred artifacts at the Southern Ute Museum, Thursday, Sept. 7.

Fri Sep 15th, 2017

Southern Ute Museum embraces transition

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