Gallery – Page 44 – The Southern Ute Drum

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Tribal Fair 2013: Ready to rumble

September 23, 2013 / September 24, 2013 by Ace Stryker | The Southern Ute Drum

Tribal Fair 2013: Rain or shine, ‘REZ-olution’ time

September 23, 2013 / September 24, 2013 by Damon Toledo | The Southern Ute Drum

Four Corners and Ignacio locals

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Under new name, rally turns a small profit

September 5, 2013 / September 23, 2013 by Ace Stryker | The Southern Ute Drum

Five vie for royalty titles

August 23, 2013 by Ace Stryker | The Southern Ute Drum

The bowling event took place at the Sky Ute Casino Resort’s Rolling Thunder Lanes.

On court, course, lanes

August 13, 2013 / August 14, 2013 by Ace Stryker | The Southern Ute Drum

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First Ute Warrior Challenge a hit

August 1, 2013 / August 14, 2013 by Jeremy Wade Shockley | The Southern Ute Drum

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Tri-Ute features traditional games

July 31, 2013 / August 1, 2013 by Jeremy Wade Shockley | The Southern Ute Drum

2 days of basketball headline Tri-Ute Games

July 30, 2013 / July 31, 2013 by Ace Stryker | The Southern Ute Drum

1000 Rogues

Durango Rock Fest: ‘Rockin’ for the Cure’

July 26, 2013 / August 1, 2013 by Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum

Young members of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe dance down Bayfield’s Mill Street during the town’s annual Fourth of July Parade. Volunteers from the Southern Ute Indian Tribal Council and other organizations also pitched in, handing out fans featuring the tribal seal. More than 3,000 people attended the parade.

Fourth of July in Bayfield

July 12, 2013 by Ace Stryker | The Southern Ute Drum

SunUte Community Center Director Kristi Garnanez (right) and Motorpool employee Charging Bear Bison

Employees cut loose

June 28, 2013 by Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum

Range Technician Doug Krueger checks in with the crew working on replacing boundary fence across Archuleta Mesa on Friday, June 21.

Working the fence line

June 27, 2013 / June 27, 2013 by Jeremy Wade Shockley | The Southern Ute Drum

Kirk Lashmett, senior water quality specialist for the Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s Water Quality Program, collects samples from the Animas River north of the Florida River confluence for laboratory testing.

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Water Quality crew takes river health seriously

June 27, 2013 / June 27, 2013 by Ace Stryker | The Southern Ute Drum

Each daily leg of the tour is between 40 and 100 miles, averaging between 60 and 70 over the course of the week.

Ride the Rockies rides through rez

June 17, 2013 / June 17, 2013 by Jeremy Wade Shockley | The Southern Ute Drum

One particularly challenging race involved students handing a balloon covered in shaving cream to each other.

SUIMA students get wet & wild

June 4, 2013 by Ace Stryker | The Southern Ute Drum

Veterans of various nationalities and branches of the military

Day of Remembrance

June 4, 2013 by Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum

Students of the Southern Ute Indian Montessori Academy said a children’s prayer

Academy students transition, ready for public school

June 3, 2013 by Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum

Southern Ute veteran Austin Box carrying the United States flag and Southern Ute veteran Jack Frost Jr. carrying the Southern Ute tribal flag bookend the eagle staffs during a grand entry of the Southern Ute Bear Dance Powwow on Saturday, May 25 at the Sky Ute Fairgrounds.

Nations dance together at Bear Dance Powwow

June 3, 2013 / June 3, 2013 by Ace Stryker | The Southern Ute Drum

Southern Ute Bear Dancers Shoshone Thompson and Keifer Goodtracks-Alires break off on Monday, May 27 during the final hours the Bear Dance, a Ute springtime celebration spanning four days.

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Spring brings return of Bear Dance

June 3, 2013 / June 3, 2013 by Jeremy Wade Shockley | The Southern Ute Drum

The U.S. flags bookend the different flags of the Ute and the Dine tribes

Walking together for healthier nations

May 17, 2013 by Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum

Project manager Bill Gwinn holds a small yellow flower known as yellow alyssum, a non-native weed that can grow in disturbed or overgrazed areas. While rangelands may look green from a distance, the quality of the vegetation for grazing purposes can be deceiving.

Fencing project breathes new life into tribal rangelands

May 16, 2013 / May 17, 2013 by Jeremy Wade Shockley | The Southern Ute Drum

Taking a break to talk about the site, students and teachers stop midway along the hike toward the twin rock formations.

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Chimney Rock tour promotes healthy lifestyles

May 16, 2013 / May 17, 2013 by Jeremy Wade Shockley | The Southern Ute Drum

A feral horse moves through the sagebrush

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Tribe seeks to lure feral horses from reservation

May 16, 2013 / May 17, 2013 by Jeremy Wade Shockley | The Southern Ute Drum

The Sixers

Youth basketball teams commemorate season finale

May 9, 2013 / May 9, 2013 by Ace Stryker | The Southern Ute Drum