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Tag Archives: native american
A New History Colorado Exhibit Spotlights Colorado’s Oldest Continuous Residents, the Utes
A traditional Ute bear dance ceremony. Courtesy of Robert Ortiz, The Southern Ute Drum The Utes are some of Colorado’s oldest residents — by some estimates, the tribe has been here for 13,000 years. Despite that, many Coloradans today may not … Continue reading
White Christian Colonialism Persists In Schools, Language, Politics, says Tink Tinker Of Iliff School Of Theology
When he looks around at schools, politics, and even language in the United States, Tink Tinker sees that what he calls white Christian colonialism is alive and well. A member of the Osage nation, the retired professor spent his career at Denver’s Iliff … Continue reading
Native American Colorado Chef Turns To Indigenous Food Activism
Chef Karlos Baca, of Ignacio, grew up foraging for traditional, Native American ingredients in the San Juan Mountains. Later, he went on to learn classical European cooking and became the head chef at some posh restaurants. Now he tells Colorado … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, Colorado Matters, Colorado Public Radio, health, Rural Issues
Tagged cooking, native american
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Colorado Springs Poet Explores Life’s Landscape Of Longing And Belonging
Janice Gould is the voice of an outsider when she writes with a tender intimacy of how she felt different as a teenager. Then she goes deep into the connection of family, a family standing at the “precipice of mortality” … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Colorado Matters, Colorado Public Radio
Tagged books, colorado springs, janice gould, native american, poetry, women
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From Standing Rock To Colorado, American Indians Fight To Control Their Resources
The Standing Rock Sioux’s protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline recently grabbed the nation’s attention. But American Indian tribes have a long history of fighting for sovereignty and control of their resources. The new documentary “Beyond Standing Rock” starts with … Continue reading
American Indian Coalition Proposes Bears Ears National Monument
A coalition of American Indian tribes including Colorado’s Ute Mountain Ute, are working to protect lands in southern Utah. They’ve proposed a new, 1.9-million acre national monument called “Bears Ears” that borders a portion of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe reservation. CU law professor … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado Matters, Colorado Public Radio, Environment, History, Land Use
Tagged bears ears, native american, ryan warner, utah, ute mountain ute
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Love’s Light and Shadows Are At Heart of Tanaya Winder’s Poetry
Colorado writer Tanaya Winder’s first book of poems, “Words Like Love,” explores not just romantic love, but all kinds of love — environmental love, social love and more. As a member of the Southern Ute, Duckwater Shoshone, and Pyramid Lake Paiute Nations, she often … Continue reading
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Tagged native american, poetry, tanaya winder
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Broken: A Love Story an interview with author Lisa Jones
An interview that I produced last year, re-aired yesterday. Listen
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