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August 21 1800 Pavilion Drive
May 1, 9:00 AM - May 31, 4:00 PM @ Ute Indian Museum
Artifacts removed from sites by individuals has been an on-going practice for decades. Once artifacts are removed from a location, information is lost along with historical merit. The exhibit will examine these ethics and what one should do.
May 19, 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM @ Historic Downtown Montrose
The thirteenth annual Great U.S. 50 Yard Sale will be held in Montrose on Saturday, May 19, 2012. The national yard sale started in 2000, stretching across most of Indiana. The goal is for it to grow into a Coast-to-Coast event held each year on the weekend before the Memorial Day weekend. The Great U.S. 50 Yard Sale also serves to promote tourism along U.S. 50, to unite the many diverse communities, to provide opportunities for fund raising by civic organizations, to aid the environment through recycling, and to serve as an opportunity for individuals to enjoy a great weekend of sales.
May 19, 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM @ Centennial Plaza
From the growers' hands to yours!
May 19, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM @ Ute Indian Museum
Willie Lemere, from the Shoshone tribe located on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, will teach the making of obsidian arrow heads. Learn from traditional to contemporary works of flint knapping.
May 19, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM @ Ute Indian Museum
Glade Hadden, archeologist with the Bureau of Land Management's Uncompahgre Field Office, will enlighten you with the past.
May 19, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM @ Ute Indian Museum
The project is indebted to the Northern Ute tribal members who organized, participated in and fully collaborated with the sponsoring agencies. Betsy Chapoose a Northern Ute and Cultural Rights and Protection Director Form Ft. Duchene Utah along with Sally McBeth professor of Anthropology and Department Chair at the University of Northern Colorado will share the success of this project. Sally has authored 2 books:” Ethnic and the Boarding School Experience”, “Essie’s Story”, “The Life and Legacy of a Shoshone Teacher” and three major grant-funded reports: Native American Oral History and Cultural Interpretation in Rocky Mountain National Park, Ute Ethnobotany Project and Talking About a Sacredness an Ethnographic overview of Colorado National Monument in addition to numerous journal articles and encyclopedia entries.
May 19, 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM @ Ute Indian Museum
Local Montrose historian and archaeologist Steven Baker will present an illustrated lecture on the history and scope of the Uncompahgre Valley Ute Project, which has included investigations of both Chief Ouray’s 1870 ranch located near Chipeta Lakes and the Ute Indian Museum. He will explain these projects and demonstrate how the Ute Indian Museum evolved out of early 20th century attempts to commemorate the nearby homes of Chief Ouray and his wife Chipeta. In the course of the lecture Baker will explain some of the myths surrounding Ouray’s ranch and the museum property. Baker is the president of Centuries Research, Inc., and has directed the Uncompahgre Valley Historic Ute Project, a local public archaeological preservation program, for over 30 years.
May 22, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM @ Meet at the Museum: W Main St & S Rio Grande Ave
Part of the Colorado archaeology & Historic Preservation Month celebration.
May 25, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Part of the Colorado Arcaheology & HIstoric Preservation Month celebration.
May 31, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM @ Ute Indian Museum
Director CJ Brafford, a Lakota, will teach how to bead on a loom.