Native American

Local News

Second day of annual Hozhoni Days Powwow unfolds at Fort Lewis College

Indigenous day of beauty celebrated by locals and visitors

April 1, 2023

Local News

Fort Lewis College graduate brings Native American comedy to Durango

Emerson’s stand-up is loud, funny and riffs on race

March 15, 2023

New Mexico

Hoop dance taught at Heights Middle School

Students learn the history of the traditional dance

March 14, 2023

Local News

Tribe to Durango: Don’t forget about us, your neighbors

Meeting was first time tribal and city councils have come together since February 2020

March 11, 2023

Regional News

Federal board defers vote to rename Mount Evans at tribal government’s request

A request by a tribal government to have a “consultation” delays the vote to change the controversial name of 14,000-foot…

March 9, 2023

Regional News

Colorado governor asks U.S. to change Mount Evans’ name to Mount Blue Sky

request is second-to-last step in the renaming process

March 3, 2023

Local News

Fort Lewis College provost takes new job

Nixon, who came to FLC in 2019, will serve as president of a tuition-free school in Kentucky

January 20, 2023

New Mexico

Aztec Ruins National Monument celebrates centennial

Distinguished panelists will join Zoom meeting Jan. 24

January 19, 2023

Local News

History Colorado issues second report on Indian boarding schools

Investigation of Fort Lewis site in Hesperus is ongoing

January 17, 2023

Local News

Tribal leaders stress education, water issues in first-of-its-kind address to Colorado lawmakers

Chairmen of Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute tribes highlight need for consultation and cooperation

January 13, 2023

Local News

New movement helps Native students take back their education

students were sent to Native American boarding schools operating in the U.S. for more than a century

December 28, 2022

AP New Mexico

Law protects export of sacred Native American items from U.S.

Leola One Feather, left, of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, observes as John Willis photographs Native American artifacts…

December 27, 2022

Local News

$44 million announced for Southern Ute Tribe high-speed internet

Funding will connect 1,800 Native American households to broadband

December 2, 2022

Arts and Entertainment

To challenge, to learn and/or heal

exhibits explore Native American art, themes and practices

December 1, 2022

Regional News

Biden making new commitments at Tribal Nations Summit

President Joe Biden speaks during a Tribal Nations Summit during Native American Heritage Month, in the South Court Auditorium on…

November 30, 2022

New Mexico

Bisons’ relocation to Native lands revives a spiritual bond

‘We all come from the same dirt that these animals are formed from – from our Creator’

November 22, 2022

Local News

Indigenous women face murder rates at 10 times the national average

symposium aims to foster conversation around Native communities and their long-ignored femicide crisis

November 17, 2022

Local News

Two elected to Southern Ute Tribal Council

was held on Nov. 4

November 10, 2022

Local News

Southern Ute Tribe workshops strive to preserve cultural traditions

and drying class an opportunity to learn from elders a tradition that is quickly disappearing

October 18, 2022

Local News

Native pride shines in Durango

Indigenous Peoples Day celebrated in community once located on Ute tribal land

October 11, 2022

New Mexico

N.M. governor voids territorial orders targeting Native Americans

Santa Fe, Indigenous Day marchers raise awareness about missing and slain Native Americans

October 11, 2022

Regional News

Haaland: U.S. expanding Native American massacre site

An entrance sign is shown at the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site in Eads in 2019. This quiet piece…

October 5, 2022

Regional News

State of unease: Colorado basin tribes without water rights

Garnett Querta wipes sweat from his head while hauling water on the Hualapai reservation Aug. 15, near Peach Springs, Ariz.…

October 1, 2022

Local News

Durango School District 9-R to recognize Indigenous Peoples Day with events

District launches new diversity program dedicated to cultural awareness

September 30, 2022