Voices From the Edge of the Colorado Plateau
Voices From the Edge of the Colorado Plateau is a reporting collaboration between KSUT Public Radio and KSJD Community Radio. It seeks to cover underrepresented communities in the Four Corners.
The multi-year project will cover Native, Indigenous, Latino/Latina, and other communities across southwest Colorado.
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In July, the Southern Ute, Ute Mountain Ute, and Ute Indian Tribes gathered for their annual friendly sports competition for youth. Youth athlete registration numbers soared this year since it was the first time the event included all three sister tribes since the pandemic.
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In 2019, Colorado legalized sports betting and levied a 10% tax on all sports betting wages. That revenue is going towards water conservation projects around the state. Even though tribes are exempt from paying state taxes, they allege the state has blocked them from setting up online betting operations.
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The coalition is an Indigenous-led nonprofit that received a grant to set up weekly packages of local produce for 20 families for 16 weeks.
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Eight students from Ignacio, Colorado, flew to Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama, earlier this month. The trip is an annual tradition for one retired Ignacio educator, who's been taking groups of students to Space Camp for 32 years. The trip sparked curiosity in a group of students who were previously uninterested in space.
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The Navajo-Churro is treasured by Navajo Nation herders and weavers who host community celebrations of the breed to showcase the textiles they create from the animal's wool.
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New federal regulations regarding the possession of Native American sacred and funerary objects went into effect in January. Tribes from all over the country have been receiving new inventories from museums and institutions that might have objects sacred to them.
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The Durango skate park and gathering place must leave its current downtown location. Skateboarders and community members recently celebrated the space at "Farewell Ramp Jam."
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The bill seeks to add a Climate Education Seal of Literacy to high school diplomas. Durango High School students helped advocate for the bill to state legislators.
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The international powwow hosted over 550 tribes from around the United States and over 200 from Canada. It included competitions in dance, singing, and drum groups.
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The measure to remove the statute of limitations for all sexual abuse claims failed in a bipartisan vote on Wednesday, April 17.
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The Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute tribal chairmen gave their annual address to the Colorado state legislature last week as part of the celebration of Ute Day at the capitol. It’s the tribes’ second annual address to the state.
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During Women’s History Month, the Women’s Resource Center, a nonprofit in Durango, celebrated ten women who work as community organizers in La Plata County.
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Immigrants from Mexico, Cambodia, Germany, and Russia recently gathered at the La Plata County Courthouse for their ceremony.
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In January, the city announced a 3-year grant-funded position to elevate two local poets' voices. Zoe Golden and Esther Belin recently read their poetry at the Durango Public Library.
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The sport is growing in popularity on the Navajo Nation, even without a single bike shop.
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Buffalo Soldiers: reVision is a museum exhibit, book, and film that explores the complicated history of Buffalo Soldiers in the West. During American westward expansion, cavalries of Buffalo Soldiers participated in the removal of Indigenous peoples—a history artists are trying to reckon with.