Native American Issues
DUST IN THE WIND
I hope you enjoy Andrew Gulliford’s story about the possible movement of the Ute Reservation to San Juan County about 125 years ago. (See page A4.)
This is a story that has fascinated me for many years.
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From a Utah perspective, the timing of the effort to move the...
Whenever I hike in Bears Ears National Monument, I think about how it almost became an Indian reservation.
Over a century ago Durango businessmen actively campaigned to remove the Southern Utes to San Juan County, UT. Most of that county would have become a new 2.9 million-acre Ute Indian...
The Utah State legislature is being asked to contribute to a development effort for the Westwater community west of Blanding.
The project could total $2 million, with the legislature asked to contribute $500,000. The contribution will be added to similar $500,000 contributions from the Navajo...
For years we’ve learned that Ancestral Puebloans depended upon corn, beans, and squash, nicknamed The Three Sisters, for sustenance. Well, move over sisters. Little brother spud is about to take the stage.
With a $225,000 National Science Foundation grant, researchers at the University of Utah hope...
The San Juan School District (SJSD) embraces the heritage of all students in the district. In November, SJSD schools share the culture and language of students of American Indian descent, which are Navajo, Ute, and other tribes represented in our schools.
Some events and activities that have...
The further Shandiin Herrera got away from her home in Monument Valley, UT, the more she realized how important it would be to use her education and leadership to benefit her people.
Herrera, a 2019 graduate of the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, could be headed to Washington, D...
TIED TO THE POST
Of all the people we work with, Dennis Ross is one of our all-time favorites.
Our fondness for him is not necessarily based in his artistic talents; it is mostly about the way he conducts his life.
Biologically, Dennis is half Navajo and half Hopi, which makes for an interesting...
Two girls from San Juan County turned heads at New York Fashion Week last month.
Tewakeedah and Dachuneeh Martin, of Montezuma Creek, sang live for Designer Hazel Stabler’s Buffalo Hunt Camp fashion line dedicated to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW).
Imagine the fashion show like this...
More than 800 people attended the the fifth annual Bears Ears Summer Gathering, which was held July 19-21 at the Kigalia Guard Station in Bears Ears National Monument.
Utah Diné Bikéyah (UDB) sponsors the annual event, designed to celebrate the Indigenous cultures of the Bears Ears region.
In 2019...
Utah Governor Gary Herbert and his wife Jeanette recently met with Pope Francis in the Vatican City while on an economic development tour through Europe. They had a brief visit with the pontiff and presented him with a gift from Utah. If you look closely, you will see that the gift is handpainted...