Culture (general) – The Journal

Durango saddles up for 34th annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering Parade

About 1,500 people attend Main Avenue march on Saturday

DATE: Oct 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Chimney Rock National Monument opens new visitor center

San Juan National Forest modernized facility to reflect cultural importance, adapt to growing visitation

DATE: Jun 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ute Mountain Utes celebrate 133rd Bear Dance

The event returns to the public after two years of COVID-19 restrictions

DATE: Jun 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘Heartbreaking and undeniable’ – preliminary review of federal Indian boarding schools is out

Colorado was home to five such institutions, including what became Fort Lewis College

DATE: May 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Could hallucinogenics help cure our mental health woes?

Durango Psychedelic Club creates a community space to break stigmas and discuss mind-altering drugs

DATE: Feb 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fort Lewis College to put $1.5 million toward Native language revitalization

Summer institute will begin in 2024 and feature four Indigenous languages

DATE: Jan 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Documentary explores how CDOT and tribes partnered to preserve Indigenous culture and history

A centuries-old Puebloan village was discovered during the realignment of U.S. Highway 550

DATE: Jan 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ute Mountain Ute Tribe dedicates new charter school

Kwiyagat Community Academy blends Ute culture and language with academics

DATE: Nov 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ute Mountain Ute Tribe honors culture with events next week

On Oct. 29, President Biden declared November as National Native American Heritage month. To help celebrate, next week the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and the Sleeping Ute Diabetes program hosts ...

DATE: Nov 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fort Lewis College removes panels depicting ‘incomplete’ history of Native American boarding school

During ceremony, school president described FLC’s past as part of a ‘cultural genocide’

DATE: Sep 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Rep. Lauren Boebert calls on critical race theory to be banned in schools

Lawmaker says the teaching is divisive and ‘advances hate’

DATE: Jun 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ute tribes reimagine Bear Dance

As reservations lock down, Utes use social media, videos of dances

DATE: Jun 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News