{"id":37777,"date":"2022-10-19T01:21:51","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T07:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/totah-drums-of-fall-powwow-and-gourd-dance-honor-people-in-recovery\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T02:39:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:39:58","slug":"totah-drums-of-fall-powwow-and-gourd-dance-honor-people-in-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/totah-drums-of-fall-powwow-and-gourd-dance-honor-people-in-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Totah Drums of Fall powwow and Gourd Dance honor people in recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=40e2316a-2963-51a2-a44f-021680bac141&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"550\" height=\"393\" alt=\"Lions Wilderness Amphitheater in Farmington. (Courtesy photo)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Lions Wilderness Amphitheater in Farmington. (Courtesy photo)<\/span><span class=\"credit\">cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Individuals in recovery were honored at Lions Wilderness Amphitheater in Farmington on Oct. 8.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by Presbyterian Medical Services and Totah Behavioral Health Authority, the <a href=\"https:\/\/farmingtonnm.org\/events\/totah-drums-of-fall\" id=\"link-95dece84102ea01798703ff40456d1b4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Totah Drums of Fall <\/a>began at 10 a.m. with the traditional Gourd Dance.<\/p>\n<p>Although origin of the Gourd Dance is disputed by many Native Americans, it serves to honor those who practice sobriety.<\/p>\n<p>The Gourd Dance legend recounts the story of a young man \u2013 separated from his tribe hungry and dehydrated after many days of travel \u2013 approached a hill and heard an unusual type of singing, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gourd_Dance\" id=\"link-6c98548d2d03ee677b365fff313e43a7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Wikipedia<\/a>. There he saw a red wolf on its hind legs singing and dancing.  After listening all afternoon and through the night, the wolf told the man to take the songs back to his people.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201chowl\u201d at the end of the dance is a tribute to the red wolf, according to Wikipedia, and was once a part of the Sun Dance ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives from Arizona, Utah and New Mexico participated in the afternoon powwow.<\/p>\n<p>Proceedings included recognition of a delegate from the Navajo Nation.  Shiprock counsel Eugenia Charles-Newton and Douglas Joe of San Juan County Partnership were honored for their service.<\/p>\n<p>Farmington Police Department officers Lorette Vinzant and Angela Prince and Lt. Josh Laino were recognized for their work with the Joint Intervention Program, a treatment program under the Totah Behavioral Health Authority.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony also is an opportunity for people in recovery to thank members of the community who have supported them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traditional event draws 250-plus people<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[138],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-37777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-new-mexico"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83782,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37777\/revisions\/83782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37777"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=37777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}