Chairman Leonard C. Burch presents certificates to the Head Start graduates. This was the Southern Ute Chairman’s 17th year in presenting certificates to Head Start classes. Vice Chairman, Chris Baker and SUCAP Director, Donna Young. This photo first appeared in the May 20, 1983, edition of the Southern Ute Drum.
Health personnel met with Ignacio Mayor, Balty Quintana and Tribal Member San Jean Ketchum in hopes to spread the word about a new Health Clinic located in the old Community Hospital. The clinic was to help low income, non-insured, or non-tribal families in the area. This photo first appeared in the May 14, 1993, edition of the Southern Ute Drum.
Tribal and federal employees teamed up with students from Ignacio High School during the first full week of May to perform some restoration work on Rock and Dry Creeks in the Ignacio area. The team restored about 200 feet of creek bank and planted 53 trees. This photo first appeared in the May 16, 2003, edition of the Southern Ute Drum.
On Thursday, May 9, John Chavarillo and Tyson Thompson gave students from the Southern Ute Indian Montessori Academy an introduction to the ways of Bear Dance, inviting a few of the boys to sit in and sing a couple of Bear Dance songs. This photo first appeared in the May 17, 2013, edition of the Southern Ute Drum.
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Photo Credit: Robert Baker | SU Drum archive
Photo Credit: SU Drum archive
Photo Credit: Jeremy Wade Shockley | SU Drum archive
