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“As far as I know, no painting by Carolyn Weldon has ever sold at auction,” Guggisberg said. “While the story in the lm was greatly changed, even without the motion picture, I still think this would’ve been an amazing piece because of the story.”

Bailey said Weldon endured a lot of heat — even physical violence — for promoting Native rights in the late

1800s.

Bailey said he started the bids on March 18 at $20,000 and said the nal sales gure was reached in about two minutes.

“It didn’t have any bids on it to start with, advanced bids, pre-op option bids,” he said. “ ere were several people that just got on when the option started and it ran to where it ran. at’s one of those pieces that could have gone anywhere. “

Bailey said the seller is granddaughter of William Lafayette Darling, a railroad engineer from St. Paul that source for meeting peak energy demand and keeping the grid work- was involved in the construction of the Northern Paci c Line at the time that went through the Dakotas on to Montana and Idaho. He is believed to have purchased the painting from Weldon. When he died in 1938, the painting went to his daughter and then to her daughter in 1990. e painting will soon be shipped to the new owner.

“We’ve been in touch with the buyer and it’s been hanging up here on the wall for several weeks now,” he said. “I’m looking at it right now.”

Bailey said the auction house does

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FROM PAGE 11 at avoiding another Marshall Fire. Targeted grazing puts cows on highrisk areas, like borders of prairie and neighborhoods, to munch down fuel before the fall shoulder re season.

Suding added that creating better models for grassland re risk — an historically underrepresented research area when compared to forest wild res — should be a top priority.

“We need to know more before making quick decisions,” she said, explaining that hasty actions to reduce re risk might not only fail to do so, but could also harm the landscape. “If we only think about reducing grassland fuels and do it by mowing or other treatments, that might really damage soil health and ing at night and when the wind isn’t

Katz said we now have roadmaps and technologies - including increased storage capacity, and regulating peak demand via smart appliances - to wean ourselves o

“Twenty years ago, maybe we didn’t have the technology, and maybe we needed to have a much more diverse portfolio,” said Katz.

“But I think we’ve seen the price of renewables have come down, the capacity that we have to put more energy from renewables has gone Methane, the primary component of natural gas, is more than 85 times more potent at trapping heat in the atmosphere than CO2 and is a major source of climate pollution. Katz said he believes now is the time for utilities across the state to move away from a fuel source subject to global supply chains and disruptive geo-political events. “ ere’s a lot of federal infrastructure money coming in as well,” said Katz. “So there’s never been a better time for utilities to step up and say, ‘OK, we can start to reduce this reliance and move away from gas.’” is Public News Service via e Associated Press’ Storyshare, of which Colorado Community Media is a member. not release details about the buyer.

“I can say that they’re in the Northeast and I hope they loan or exhibit it,” he said. “It’s not something I can even fathom somebody just poking down a hallway and looking at once in a while. I just don’t see that happening. I think it’s going to show up again and I think it’s going to show up at a museum, perhaps by a private collector. e best I’ll say is, that is what I hope is the outcome.” biodiversity. We don’t want that, particularly since grasses regrow within a few weeks after a treatment.” at’s one of the goals of the working group. e main takeaways of their work will likely be a combination approach: some grazing, some prescribed burns, and some investment from the public in protecting their properties as best they can.

Sandra Hale Schulman, of Cherokee Nation descent, has been writing about Native issues since 1994.

In early June, members said they hope to put out a document to show residents what is already being done to address re risk on grasslands, and what practices should be adopted moving forward.

“ ere’s no silver bullet,” Reinold said. “If there was clear information of what to do, people would have done it already.” is Boulder Reporting Lab story via e Associated Press’ Storyshare, of which Colorado Community Media is a member.