{"id":15374,"date":"2025-12-05T18:17:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T01:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/photos-ute-mountain-ute-royalty-rings-bell-for-salvation-army-donations\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:46:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:46:42","slug":"photos-ute-mountain-ute-royalty-rings-bell-for-salvation-army-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/photos-ute-mountain-ute-royalty-rings-bell-for-salvation-army-donations\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Ute Mountain Ute royalty rings bell for Salvation Army donations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=4ed6f7ee-cb72-5194-a5d2-c126cecd53da&#038;function=cover&#038;type=preview&#038;source=false&#038;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"Bonnii Height, 5, a Ute Mountain Ute tribal member, won the \u201cTiny Top Fourth of July Princess\u201d title at the Fort Duchesne, Utah, Powwow this year. Now considered tribal royalty and serving as a cultural ambassador, she rang a bell for The Salvation Army outside Walmart in Cortez on Dec. 5, accompanied by her adoptive mother, Trisheena Height. (Benjamin Rubin\/The Journal)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Bonnii Height, 5, a Ute Mountain Ute tribal member, won the \u201cTiny Top Fourth of July Princess\u201d title at the Fort Duchesne, Utah, Powwow this year. Now considered tribal royalty and serving as a cultural ambassador, she rang a bell for The Salvation Army outside Walmart in Cortez on Dec. 5, accompanied by her adoptive mother, Trisheena Height. (Benjamin Rubin\/The Journal)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=a25ce4f4-301d-52ea-9fd8-d07610e47c2c&#038;function=cover&#038;type=preview&#038;source=false&#038;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"Walmart shoppers donate money as Bonnii Height ensures the dollars fit into the bucket. The bucket has rapidly been filling, so much so that dollars need to be stuffed way down, her mother says. (Benjamin Rubin\/The Journal)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Walmart shoppers donate money as Bonnii Height ensures the dollars fit into the bucket. The bucket has rapidly been filling, so much so that dollars need to be stuffed way down, her mother says. (Benjamin Rubin\/The Journal)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=e518c8bd-7b95-5ac5-a18a-6f39460ad2cf&#038;function=cover&#038;type=preview&#038;source=false&#038;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"A Walmart shopper who put money in The Salvation Army bucket looks back at Bonnii Height before leaving. (Benjamin Rubin\/The Journal)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">A Walmart shopper who put money in The Salvation Army bucket looks back at Bonnii Height before leaving. (Benjamin Rubin\/The Journal)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=cd0b12c8-e98d-5550-9b57-e5f639a55180&#038;function=cover&#038;type=preview&#038;source=false&#038;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"Bonnii Height\u2019s adoptive mother and biological aunt, Trisheena Height, supervises. \u201cI try to teach them its good to give back,\u201d she said of her two kids. Trisheena became a guardian after her brother, Height\u2019s biological father, passed away. Trisheena says the Towaoc community has been very supportive of the young Height. (Benjamin Rubin\/The Journal)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Bonnii Height\u2019s adoptive mother and biological aunt, Trisheena Height, supervises. \u201cI try to teach them its good to give back,\u201d she said of her two kids. Trisheena became a guardian after her brother, Height\u2019s biological father, passed away. Trisheena says the Towaoc community has been very supportive of the young Height. (Benjamin Rubin\/The Journal)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Height, 5, a Ute Mountain Ute tribal member, won the \u201cTiny Top Fourth of July Princess\u201d title at the Fort Duchesne, Utah, Powwow this year. 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