SOUTHERN UTE RESERVATION — On June 2, the 100th anniversary of the day the United States granted all Native Americans citizenship, tribes in Colorado weren’t actually celebrating.
As Gov. Jared Polis and lawmakers this week celebrated a bill adopting new ways to fight drought as recommended by a state task force, an underlying truth lingered overhead: one of Colorado’s most controversial water.
A committee tasked with handling the future of a former Indigenous boarding school in Grand Junction is considering a plan that would see the property transferred to tribal governments.
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In recent years, more attention has been drawn to the historical wrongs of the federal boarding school era, which was tasked with stripping children of their Tribal identity.
As flags represent identities, values, cultural heritage and aspirations, it makes good sense that Southern Ute Indian Tribe students attending Ignacio schools see their tribal flag flying along with .