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Southern Ute Indian Tribe

Law gives Southwest Colorado’s American Indian tribes a voice at state Capitol

Utes will be invited each year to address Legislature

DATE: Apr 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Three bills aim to improve communication, access to grants for Southwest Colorado’s tribes

State Sen. Kerry Donovan hopes to shift state’s relationship with sovereign nations

DATE: Apr 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Tribes assert water rights on Colorado River Basin

1922 compact that divided resources between states left out Native Americans

DATE: Apr 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

La Plata, Montezuma counties receive over $11 million in federal earmarks

Funding will go toward housing, transportation, law enforcement and other projects

DATE: Mar 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Firefighters save a cat, two dogs; dilapidated house is demolished

Blaze started Tuesday evening southeast of Bayfield

DATE: Feb 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Documentary explores how CDOT and tribes partnered to preserve Indigenous culture and history

A centuries-old Puebloan village was discovered during the realignment of U.S. Highway 550

DATE: Jan 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Former executive of Southern Ute Indian Tribe sentenced to 13½ years in prison for sexual assault

McKean Walton worked as executive officer until time of arrest

DATE: Dec 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Are these trees ‘culturally modified' ... or just bent? Depends on whom you ask.

Ute tribes say their ancestors had no need to bend trees to provide direction

DATE: Nov 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Marchers rally to remove cartoonish depiction of Native American in Durango

About 100 participate in Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage

DATE: Oct 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado attorney general plots path forward in opioid crisis during Durango visit

Law enforcement, health professions hold workshop to discuss funding and programming options

DATE: Oct 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Southern Utes approve return to stricter public health rules

Southern Ute Indian Tribal Council approved moving to the more restrictive Phase 2 Safer at Home Level 1 Order as of Friday Aug. 27. The Southern Ute Indian Tribe will remain in Stay at Hom...

DATE: Aug 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

This tribal elder helped remove 157-year-old proclamations used to incite Sand Creek Massacre

When Rick Williams stumbled on a horrifying fact, he set out to change it

DATE: Aug 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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