40 Years Ago: Chairman Burch taking oath of office from Judge Bean. This photo first appeared in the Dec. 8, 1978, edition of The Southern Ute Drum.

10 Years Ago: On November 22, 2008 the Third Annual Veterans Powwow was held at the Sun Ute Center. In attendance were Veterans from our sister tribes and our neighbors, along with friends family and relatives. This photo first appeared in the Dec. 5, 2008, edition of The Southern Ute Drum.

20 Years Ago: Southern Ute Tribal Fish and Wildlife Technicians, Adam Red and Tim Watts use electric stunning devices to probe the underbrush of the La Plata River, in a tribally-led survey of native fish species on the low volume, but free flowing, waterway. This photo first appeared in the Dec. 4, 1998, edition of The Southern Ute Drum.

30 Years Ago: Miss Southern Ute Cheryl Frost and the Japanese photographers, Taku Aramassa, Kenji Kawano and Sunshine Smith. This photo first appeared in the Dec. 9, 1988, edition of The Southern Ute Drum.