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La Plata County scrutinizes Southern Ute shale exploration plans
Proposal would more than 1,500 wells
Southern Ute Indian Tribe
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Utes, Navajo seek monument to preserve canyon
Tribal leaders give perspective on Bear's Ears monument
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Southern Ute tribe will take control of museum
Cultural center to lose nonprofit status; fate of the collection is uncertain
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Southern Ute museum’s nonprofit status may dissolve
Tribe and museum at odds over management, money
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Ute Mountain Ute petition seeks finance investigation
‘People want change,’ tribal member says
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Animas High student honored by Center for Native American Youth
Noah Hotchkiss named Champion for Change
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Sister arrested in fatal Towaoc stabbing
Women were fighting over a cellphone, witness says
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HUD announces $2.6 million in grants for Ute tribes
Money will benefit low-income families
Business
Ute Mountain Utes host ranching symposium
Experts from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Ute Mountain Utes, Jicarilla, Navajo and Hopi tribes gave presentations on livestock management. Topics ranged from rangeland science, ranch business, appropriate herd stocking,…
Education
Cultural divide adds to disparity
In Cortez, 40 percent of Native Americans in special education
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Southern Utes want to revitalize dying language
Tribe discusses how to create new generation of speakers
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Hitting highway for hoops
The Hozhoni Days Basketball Tournament drew 11 men’s teams and eight women’s teams from as far away as Wyoming, South Dakota and Washington state, said organizer Damon Whitethunder, a senior…
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Solar power coming to Southern Ute government buildings
Tribe, La Plata Electric strike agreement on solar plant
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Adidas pledges to help eliminate use of Native American mascots
Colorado leaders working on subject welcome the effort
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EPA working through Gold King Mine spill reimbursements
La Plata County seeking two payments from agency for spill
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Box, Plentyholes elected to Ute Mountain council
Newly elected council member says members shouldn’t give up dreams
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Sleeping Ute flower rebounds
For first time since 1996, rare plant is no longer endangered
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5 challenge for 2 seats on Southern Ute Tribal Council
Elders press ahead with recall effort
Business
Tourism helps diversify economies in Indian Country
National tourism confab held in Ignacio
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S. Utes: Spill costs at $200K
Chairman says EPA ‘never lifted a finger’ to alert the tribe
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Southern Ute council recall gains steam
Tribal elders want to oust chairman, 5 board members
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Ute Mountain Utes consider renewables
Forum explores tribe’s shift from oil, natural gas power
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U.S. attorneys hear safety concerns on native communities
Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates and acting Associate Attorney General Stuart F. Delery respond to a question by Patrick Boice, a prosecutor with the Ute Indian Tribe of Fort…
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Hickenlooper says no long-term effects from Animas River sampling
Governor tours Ute Mountain Ute land Sunday in Towaoc
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Southern Ute Police to enact ‘zero tolerance’ policy on drunken driving through Labor Day
Plan in effect through Labor Day
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Utes bless the Animas River
Southern Ute Sun Dance Chief hopes to make this an annual tradition
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Firefighters get a toe-hold on Toe fire
Weather provides a break in the Sleeping Ute Mountain wildfire