The Southern Ute Indian Tribe Bear Dance has been delayed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but a pared down version of the celebration is scheduled to start June 18. The Bear Dance is an annual ...

As coronavirus locks down reservations, Ute tribes use social media, videos of past dances In normal, non-pandemic times, this is the season when the thrumming notes of a ceremonial song, the rasping ...

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Skyler Lomahaftewa is a Basalt resident and a member of the Uncompahgre band of the Ute tribe. In the winters, he gives snowboard lessons at Aspen Snowmass, and in the summers he does audio-visual ...

The low grumble of thunder can signify a lot of things, like imminent rain, lightning and – run! In the Ute culture, it means the start of spring. Because thunder mimics the sound of a roaring bear, ...

The oldest residents of Colorado, the Ute people, are Native Americans who roamed the mountains and vast areas of not only Colorado but also Utah, Wyoming, Eastern Nevada, Northern New Mexico and ...

The Ute Tribe has held its traditional Bear Dance annually for what’s believed to be over 1,000 years, making it one of the oldest cultural customs practiced today. The dance is meant to welcome ...

The Southern Ute reservation is in southwestern Colorado. For the Living Earth Festival, the Southern Ute Bear Dancers demonstrate the bear dance, a courtship dance in which the women chose the ...

Spring officially arrived on March 20. As we all know, different people around the world celebrate the new season in many ways. In Utah, our Native Ute Tribespeople have their own spring tradition ...

The Southern Ute reservation is in southwestern Colorado. For the Living Earth Festival, the Southern Ute Bear Dancers demonstrate the bear dance, a courtship dance in which the women chose the ...