{"id":2442870,"date":"2019-04-11T17:36:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T23:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/ute-foundation-to-host-first-ever-powwow-in-aspen\/"},"modified":"2019-04-11T17:36:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T23:36:00","slug":"ute-foundation-to-host-first-ever-powwow-in-aspen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/ute-foundation-to-host-first-ever-powwow-in-aspen\/","title":{"rendered":"Ute Foundation to host first-ever powwow in Aspen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.7785888077859\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-303983-839\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/Powwow-atd-041219-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/Powwow-atd-041219-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Anna Stonehouse\/The Aspen Times | Anuk Bald Eagle spreads out his regalia that he has made from eagle feathers his family has given him on his kitchen table at his home in Woody Creek on Saturday afternoon.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/Powwow-atd-041219-1.jpg\" alt=\"Anuk Bald Eagle spreads out his regalia that he has made from eagle feathers his family has given him on his kitchen table at his home in Woody Creek on Saturday afternoon.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Anuk Bald Eagle spreads out his regalia that he has made from eagle feathers his family has given him on his kitchen table at his home in Woody Creek on Saturday afternoon.<\/strong><br \/>Anna Stonehouse\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/Powwow-atd-041219-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/Powwow-atd-041219-1-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Anna Stonehouse\/The Aspen Times | Anuk Bald Eagle holds up his regalia that he has made from eagle feathers his family has given him at his home in Woody Creek on Saturday afternoon.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/Powwow-atd-041219-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Anuk Bald Eagle holds up his regalia that he has made from eagle feathers his family has given him at his home in Woody Creek on Saturday afternoon.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Anuk Bald Eagle holds up his regalia that he has made from eagle feathers his family has given him at his home in Woody Creek on Saturday afternoon.<\/strong><br \/>Anna Stonehouse\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/Powwow-atd-041219-1-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/Powwow-atd-041219-1-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Anna Stonehouse\/The Aspen Times | Anuk Bald Eagle spreads out his regalia that he has made from eagle feathers his family has given him on his kitchen table at his home in Woody Creek on Saturday afternoon.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/Powwow-atd-041219-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"Anuk Bald Eagle spreads out his regalia that he has made from eagle feathers his family has given him on his kitchen table at his home in Woody Creek on Saturday afternoon.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Anuk Bald Eagle spreads out his regalia that he has made from eagle feathers his family has given him on his kitchen table at his home in Woody Creek on Saturday afternoon.<\/strong><br \/>Anna Stonehouse\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/Powwow-atd-041219-1-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/Powwow-atd-041219-1-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Anna Stonehouse\/The Aspen Times | Anuk Bald Eagle spreads out his regalia that he has made from eagle feathers his family has given him on his kitchen table at his home in Woody Creek on Saturday afternoon.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/Powwow-atd-041219-1-3.jpg\" alt=\"Anuk Bald Eagle spreads out his regalia that he has made from eagle feathers his family has given him on his kitchen table at his home in Woody Creek on Saturday afternoon.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Anuk Bald Eagle spreads out his regalia that he has made from eagle feathers his family has given him on his kitchen table at his home in Woody Creek on Saturday afternoon.<\/strong><br \/>Anna Stonehouse\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/ute-foundation-to-host-first-ever-powwow-in-aspen\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/ute-foundation-to-host-first-ever-powwow-in-aspen\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Aspen Ute Foundation is introducing its first-ever powwow to the Roaring Fork Valley this weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">To be held Saturday, the Shining Mountains Pow Wow is a nine-hour affair, complete with intertribal dancers, dignitaries and royalty from regional tribes, contest dancing and drumming, as well as cultural booths, arts and crafts, storytelling and indigenous vendors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Deanne Vitrac-Kessler, founder of the Aspen Ute Foundation, said while the organization has had small gatherings here since it was established 14 years ago, people were coming to her asking for more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt was time to bring the indigenous culture to the valley,\u201d she said, adding this time around, she got some good, professional help to organize something as big as the powwow. \u201cWe hope it will bring the community together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Preparations have been underway for weeks, with dancers creating their regalia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Anuk Bald Eagle, who helped Vitrac-Kessler in years past with Ute Foundation gatherings, is nearly finished with the regalia he\u2019s been creating with feathers from a bald eagle he received from his family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\"><a id=\"N0x12e6ea0N0x14faa10:N0x12e6ea0N0x1344480\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspenutefoundation.net\/\">Aspen Ute Foundation<\/a> was founded with Northern Ute Elder Loya Arrum-Cesspouch\u2019s help to bring an indigenous presence back and the respect of ancestral territories to the Roaring Fork Valley, according to Vitrac-Kessler.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Foundation members have held exhibitions and dances in downtown Aspen over the years. Last year was the foundation\u2019s first-ever indigenous film festival \u2014 the <a id=\"N0x12e6ea0N0x14faa70:N0x12e6ea0N0x13445a0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/entertainment\/wheeler-opera-house-to-host-native-american-film-festival-in-october\/\">Shining Mountains Film Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Saturday\u2019s powwow will be a much larger affair, with anywhere between 15 to 40 dancers from various tribes around the West.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThis powwow has sparked the curiosity of many dancers and drummers in \u2018Indian country\u2019 and the Northern Ute Indian Tribe has expressed great interest in sending representatives of their council as well as royalties (selected dancers to represent the tribe),\u201d Vitrac-Kessler wrote in an email.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Utes will be the host tribe with their Fort Duchesne, Utah, Drum Group, The Wild Salmon Singers. The guest drum group will be the Cherry Creek Singers of Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, South Dakota.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">There will be champion dancers in different categories from diverse nations, such as Ute, Lakota, Hopi, Dine\u2019\/Navajo, Apache, Cheyenne, Cherokee, Paiute and Kiowa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Ute Foundation\u2019s influence here has reached to City Hall, as it successfully pushed Aspen City Council to pass a resolution to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous People\u2019s Day two years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The film festival, aimed at educating and bringing awareness to the public about original inhabitants of this continent, takes place during Indigenous Peoples Day weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Council members last week plugged Saturday\u2019s powwow, saying it was a not-to-miss event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s going to be really, really fun, and it\u2019s building on the momentum from our Indigenous Peoples Day,\u201d said Aspen Mayor Steve Skadron. \u201cThis is one of the cogs of building recognition of our Ute history in this town.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The powwow will be an indoor event at Aspen High School. From 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., there will be cultural booths, arts and crafts, children\u2019s games, story telling, indigenous vendors and a raffle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Then beginning at 5 p.m., the traditional \u201cGrand Entry\u201d of all dancers will occur. And then until 10 p.m., a dancing and drumming contest will ensue, along with the intertribal dance that includes everyone present.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The event is free for people under 18 years old; it is $10 general admission for adults.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:csackariason@aspentimes.com\">csackariason@aspentimes.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/ute-foundation-to-host-first-ever-powwow-in-aspen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anuk Bald Eagle spreads out his regalia that he has made from eagle feathers his family has given him on his kitchen table at his home in Woody Creek on Saturday afternoon.Anna Stonehouse\/The Aspen Times Anuk Bald Eagle holds up his regalia that he has made from eagle feathers his family has given him at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2442870","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-16 15:24:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2442870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442870\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2442870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2442870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2442870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}