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Our Kids – Los Niños Dental opens in southwest Denver

By Wanda Padilla On Aug. 16, the first phase of the new Sawaya/Martinez Medical Plaza got underway, as Our Kids/ Los Niños Dental Center celebrated its Grand Opening with a neighborhood block party that was open to all families and their children. A healthy variety of food was served

by the neighboring Tacos Junior Restaurant; there was also face painting, free prizes and lots of fun for the whole family.

The celebration marks the first step in the opening of this multidisciplinary medical center focused

Our Kids - Los Niños Dental Office, at 1250 S. Sheridan Blvd., Denver, celebrated its grand opening, Aug. 16.

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KIPP Colorado schools show strong results on TCAP

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IPP Colorado students at all three KIPP schools showed strong results on the 2014 Transitional Colorado Assessment Program released Aug. 14. This year’s results mark the third consecutive year of growth for KIPP Colorado schools on the state TCAP test.

KIPP’s two Colorado middle schools – KIPP Montbello College Prep Middle School and KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy Middle School – both ranked among the top 10 for overall growth out of all DPS schools.

KIPP Denver Collegiate High School ranked fourth out of all DPS high schools for growth.

Out of all DPS middle schools, KIPP Montbello College Prep Middle School was tied for the fourth highest reading growth, the fifth highest writing growth,

and the eighth highest math growth. KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy Middle School was tied for the fourth highest growth in writing and had the sixth highest growth in math.

KIPP Denver Collegiate High School had the fourth highest growth in writing out of all DPS high schools, the fifth highest growth in reading, and the sixth highest growth in math.

“Our students, teachers and families continue to work incredibly hard to achieve these results and we are proud of their progress,” said Executive Director Kimberlee Sia. “At the same time, we know we still have more work to do and we see room to grow. We will continue focusing on growth and making sure we are setting up all of our students for success as they move to and through college.”

The TCAP is Colorado’s

standards-based assessment designed to provide a picture of student performance to schools, districts, educators, parents and the community. In addition to strong growth scores, KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy Middle School and KIPP Montbello College Prep Middle School saw increases in their student proficiency in reading and writing.

KIPP Denver Collegiate High School saw an increase in math proficiency.

In addition to looking at TCAP results for grades 5-10, KIPP Colorado Schools also received ACT test scores. KIPP Denver Collegiate High School juniors showed progress on this assessment as well. The average composite score increased from 18.1 to 19.12 (out of a possible 36). The ACT is a national college admissions examination that consists of subject area

tests in English, mathematics, reading, and science. Students receive scores in each subject area as well as an overall composite score.

KIPP Colorado operates three locally governed tuitionfree, open-enrollment, collegepreparatory public schools serving just over 1,100 students in grades five through twelve.

Ninety-eight percent of KIPP Colorado students identify as students of color, and over 95 percent qualify for the free and reduced meal program. For the last two years, KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy, KIPP Colorado’s flagship school, received the highest possible “distinguished” school status on Denver Public Schools’ School Performance Framework, a nationally recognized comprehensive measure of a school’s performance and impact on student learning.

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Helen Keller-like dog solves her problem

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Submitted by Phil McPeck Onya, a border collie mix, just needed a little time to solve the biggest, scariest problem a healthy dog can have. She got that time through MaxFund Animal Adoption Center, Denver’s premier no-kill shelter at 1005 Galapago St. She once was named Keller for her kinship with the late Helen Keller, who triumphed over being born deaf and blind to become a celebrated political activist, author and lecturer. Onya was born in February 2013, also deaf and blind.

Her problem, though, was more profound than a lack of hearing and sight. She was homeless.

She was rescued by a neighbor in Aurora and on May 21 was brought to MaxFund.

“If she was at any other shelter, she would be dead,” MaxFund Director and Co-Founder Nanci Suro said in June.

After a time in the nonprofit shelter’s kennel, Onya went to foster care with a MaxFund dog shelter staffer. She was to receive some special training, the next step after a stay at the home of cat shelter Manager Donna Clancy.

It was Clancy who shepherded the dog to VRCC Veterinary Specialty & Emergency Hospital in Englewood to be evaluated by experts in special-needs pets.

Veterinarians confirmed that Onya is for all intent and purposes deaf, although she may be able to hear certain high-pitch sounds.

Clancy said she saw hints of that when Onya was in her backyard.

But what the dog hears — perhaps a bird chirp, if anything at all — “She hasn’t figured out where it’s coming from,” Clancy said.

Onya’s eyes never developed.

She did respond to a penlight shined into the pupil on her left side, which told veterinarians the eye has a retina and it is attached. What little she can see is not clear and she is destined for total blindness, veterinarians said. Her right-side eye socket is empty.

Veterinarians explained that some dogs are genetically predisposed to blindness at birth, to vision problems at the relatively young age of 6 or 7 years, or other severe eye issues. Among those so inclined are albinos and merles, which describes Onya. Her skin is pink and her soft,

Onya waits to leave a specialty vet clinic after an assessment of her abilities and challenges.

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long, border collie-like coat is predominately white. A black-gray-tan merle encompasses her left eye and runs onto the edge of the ear. There’s a gray spot above her left haunch and a strongly gray band of merle across her rump, including about half of her bushy tail.

Despite her limitations, Onya made “amazing” progress, Clancy said. In late June, she was referencing things in the backyard based on what was under her feet — patio or grass.

“You can stomp your feet real hard and she can feel the vibration.

She comes to where it’s strongest,” Clancy said. “She is still a puppy and wants to be a puppy. She wants to play. She very much uses her nose and very much uses her mouth.”

MaxFund adoption counselor Erica Jenkins noted other positives in the Border collie mix’s intake file.

Onya knows doggie doors and ap-

pears to be house trained, she wrote.

Furthermore, Clancy said, she responds to pressure when walking in a harness and on a leash. She uses her nose to explore wherever her four legs take her, tail wagging when she is confident or delighted.

Onya’s profile appeared among the adoptable dogs at www.maxfund.org, where there are other special-needs dogs, too. There or through a TV appearance, Onya caught the eye of a Denver woman.

She recognized the dog’s eagerness, desire and intelligence to thrive, the same as Helen Keller did, and adopted her.

Besides expert care at the lowcost MaxFund Wellness Center veterinary practice at 1000 Inca St., Onya’s new owner, who is familiar with special-needs dogs, can look to the Internet to form an even more rewarding life with her.

White House commends Mi Casa for effective ‘job-driven’ strategies Mi Casa Resource Center has been singled out by the White House and a report by Vice President Joe Biden for successful “jobdriven” strategies for workforce development programs that help workers with limited skills and education prepare for promising career path employment.

In his 2014 State of the Union Address, President Obama announced that vice president was leading a review of federally funded training programs in order to inform a process to make these programs more job-driven – that is, highly responsive to the needs of employers.

The president and vice president announced the results of the review, including new actions by

the federal government. Vice President Biden issued a report that details how to make federally funded training programs more effective and highlights successful job-driven career training programs across the country – including Mi Casa Resource Center.

Obama also signed the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, which the White House says will “help improve business engagement and accountability across federally-funded training programs.”

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act arrived on Obama’s desk after overwhelming approval in the House and Senate (415-6 and 95-3 respectively).

According to the National Skills

Coalition, a group of employers, unions, education organizations and public officials, the new law “signals that Congress wants to see more proven job-driven training strategies.”

“Mi Casa has worked hard to ensure our career training programs engage employers at every step of the process – from informing the design of the training curricula to expanding opportunities for our students at graduation,” said Christine Marquez-Hudson, CEO/executive director of Mi Casa.

“Our career training programs have an incredible 75 percent fulltime job-placement rate thanks in large part to this close collaboration with our employer partners.”

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Tombstones Tell New and Old Tales Cemetery Crawl set for Aug. 23

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By Linda Jones n Saturday, Aug. 23, the pioneers buried in the Knights of Pythias cemetery above Central City will share their tales of life on earth in the 19th century. This year’s Cemetery Crawl, the 26th produced by Gilpin History, features such well-known residents as the Magor, Rohling, Neno and Quiller families. Also featured are the hard-working miners and their wives who made homes in this wilderness but never made the pages of the local papers, such as Fred Rowe, Levinia Champion, Andrew Hohn, Richard Bowden and others with unique life-stories.

Actors in vintage clothing will make these pioneers come to life during the Crawl.

The Crawl begins at 11 a.m. Free parking is available at the Teller House parking lot in Central City and free round-trip transportation from there to the cemetery and back is being provided by members of the Colorado Knights of Pythias lodge.

If you would prefer to drive to the cemetery, follow Eureka Street past the Opera House to the top of the hill and turn right. The Knights of Pythias is one of the six cemeteries located at the top of Eureka Street.

Now heavily forested by aspen, the Knights of Phythias cemetery is a lovely, peaceful place to wander among the tombstones.

Several of the family plots are fenced by intricate wrought iron work and many of the tombstones

The 26th annual Cemetery Crawl, produced

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Ready for some college football?

Rocky Mountain Showdown Friday.

Aug. 29 kicks off Labor Day weekend in Mile High For the first time ever, the Rocky Mountain Showdown, presented by Prestige Audi, will move to Friday, Aug. 29, with a kick-off at 7 p.m., for a game under the lights at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. The all-Colorado football classic pits the University of Colorado Buffaloes against the Colorado State Rams for Centennial State bragging rights.

You don’t have to be alumnus of either school to enjoy the excitement of college football right in downtown Denver. The Showdown is just one part of what will be another amazing Labor Day Weekend in Denver, featuring free festivals, can’t-miss museum exhibits and more.

New this year, the “Fan 4-pack” is available for just $99, and includes four tickets to the game,

four sodas and four hot dogs. In addition, individual tickets start at $25, and can be purchased at RockyMountain Showdown.com.

Alumni pep rally gets things started The first “showdown” between the Colorado Buffaloes and the Colorado State Rams took place in February of 1893. Some 121 years later, the rivalry still runs deep. Join CU and CSU alumnae in Denver to celebrate this longstanding rivalry!

The CSU Alumnae Association will kick-off the festivities on Thursday, Aug. 28 at 5:30 p.m. at Lodo’s Bar & Grill in downtown Denver. Fans can sport their green and gold for spirited photos in the photo booth, and rally with Elite DJ’s, CAM the Ram, and the CSU Cheer Squad, while enjoying the Rocky Mountain sunset at one of Denver’s top rooftop bars.

Pre-game fun at a Mile High Aug. 29 is the day to sport your green and gold or gold and black for College Colors Day in Denver (and around the nation). Before the big game in the Sports Authority Field at Mile High parking lots, join fellow fans getting their pep on at the state’s most spirited tailgate parties.

Colorado State University Tailgate Join CAM the Ram, the CSU Marching Band and the Spirit Squad for a fun, public tailgating event to gear up for the big showdown. A food ticket costs $25 for members (Alumni Association, Ram Club and RAAA), $30 for non-members and $15 for children 12 and under. Register online by Aug. 25.

University of Colorado Tailgate CU Buffs fans can party in Lot C (look for the giant, 20-foot inflatable buffalo “Alphie”) at a pub-

lic, family-friendly tailgate party prior to kick-off. The pregame event features music, entertainment, games, Ralphie, the marching band, Chip, cheerleaders and plenty of giveaways for CU fans.

Food and beverages will be available for purchase.

The big game After a coin toss officiated by Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper and school officials, kickoff is scheduled at 7 p.m. The Buffs won a closely contested game in 2013, 41-27, so it’s a clear bet the Rams will be thinking revenge in 2014. Halftime is a spectacle too, with cheerleader dance routines, both teams’ marching bands and much more. Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock and game officials will deliver the coveted Centennial Cup to the winning team at the end of what is sure to be an epic Showdown. Buy your tickets now!

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Five stages provide continuous live music, including R&B superstars En Vogue, Joel and Luke Smallbone and KING & COUNTRY. • Stroll through beautiful gardens enhanced with gigantic sculptures by the celebrated American artist Dale Chihuly at Denver Botanic Gardens presents Chihuly.

• Enjoy exciting major league baseball on Labor Day when the Colorado Rockies take on the San Francisco Giants in downtown Denver’s classic ballpark, Coors Field.

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Police gather around Holly Square where they tracked down a young black man with a Courtesy photo gun. This time, in Denver, no one was killed.

Denver Police Department – job well done Submitted by Brother Jeff Fard, community activist and founder of Brother Jeff’s Cultural Center On Aug. 14, at the very moment I was heading downtown to participate in a national vigil commemorating the life of Michael Brown, the young unarmed black man shot to death by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., I received a call regarding a simultaneous gathering in northeast Denver involving the police. A foot-chase through the Holly Square community designated Safe Zone had just occurred between an officer and a young black man fleeing with a gun.

As a lifelong resident of the Holly neighborhood, an active participant of summer safety efforts and the person at the center of the heated debate concerning concrete barricades being placed at 33rd and Hudson as a crime prevention method, without second thought, I drove straight for Holly Square and the barricades.

Holly Square was full of patrol cars, an ambulance and a growing crowd of spectators.

A gun was lying on the ground across from the barricades and

a few feet away from where a few days earlier I held a press conference along with other community leaders as we prepared to remove the barricades and implement more desirable Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design measures.

I stood in the rain staring at the gun with a feeling of relief and thought, “Today, those controversial barricades along with other measures including heightened community and police collaboration saved a life.”

No shots were fired at or by the police on that rainy afternoon and what could have ended in the injury or death of a fleeing young black man, a public servant or an innocent bystander, ended in the young man’s arrest as well as a weapon, most likely illegally obtained, being taken off the street.

“The way that boy was running with that gun, if the police would have shot him, they would have been totally justified,” an older eyewitness told me. “That boy is lucky to be alive.”

The CPTED barricades have proved effective. In the past gunmen simply sped through the intersection of 33rd

and Hudson and began shooting. This time the potential shooter had to walk into Holly Square, run from waiting police, and was captured all without gunfire.

Leaving Holly Square and speaking at the national vigil, I expressed how imperative it is to hold law enforcement accountable when they overstep their authority and engage in police misconduct. At the same time I commended the Denver Police officers who moments earlier deescalated a situation that resulted in arrest and not death.

Thursday was a day of police contrasts and mixed feelings. In Missouri, an unarmed young black man was killed and in Denver, an armed young black man was not. Therefore, I participated in the moment of silence for victims of police brutality; while also offering a moment of applause for officers that rarely get recognized for the many things they do well. In Denver, a young black man will have his day in court and a community all to familiar with violent tragic endings will have no funeral. To that, Denver Police Department, I say, “Job well done!”

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By Robert Sweeney

Two wrongs don’t make a right The old saying, “Two wrongs don’t make a right,” is a message that we should listen to these days.

We have mass killings going on in Iraq, Syria and Gaza where thousands of innocent men, women and children are being slaughtered over political and religious hatreds.

Now we can add Ferguson, Mo., to the list of war zones where Michael Brown was shot six times by a local police officer.

There seems to be one common thread running through these kill-

ings and that is lack of jobs, education and opportunity for the young men and women of these countries and even Ferguson.

The computer age and demand for a higher skilled workforce has put the unskilled out of work. Adding to the challenge for African American males are the skilled Mexican craftsmen who have immigrated to the United States legally or illegally.

Many of the Mexican workers have been building the apartments, homes and time-share properties across Mexico and the beach areas during the vacation boom in Mexico for the past several decades.

The workers can earn $4 a day in Mexico or $25 an hour in the United States. Pretty easy to see why many come to America and don’t leave.

There is a whole lot we don’t know about Michael Brown, but apparently he was unemployed and had just strong-armed an employee at a local store for a box of cigars.

An hour later, he had the confrontation with a local police officer that had a tragic outcome for Brown, the officer and America.

One can see two sides to the altercation; neither may be right.

Brown was a husky young male and had just allegedly committed

a crime. While the police officer wasn’t aware of this incident, Brown was and he may have been very concerned about a potential arrest.

How threatening to the police officers was he? Did he strike the officer? Was he heading toward the officer when shot? If the weapon was a 9 mm, they fire rapidly and six shots would only take seconds compared to a revolver. It appears that the shots were excessive under any circumstance, but the police officer was entitled to protect himself and will have that as a legal defense. Brown appeared to be aggressive at the earlier convenience store robbery.

On the other side, Brown was unarmed, a local youth with many friends, and at the time not wanted for any criminal activity. Why was he stopped? Reports indicate that he was standing in the middle of a street, not a serious situation by any means. Was he being harassed because of he was an African American male? Is there a pattern of police abuse in the 80 percent black community? Is this a pattern across America? If I was one of his friends, I would be very upset and thinking about getting even with those who killed him.

Ferguson seems to have hit a raw

nerve about many things, including unemployment and the lack of opportunity for minority youth at the top of the list. Lacking jobs, youths have spare time on their hands with illegal drugs and minor criminal infractions being tempting.

“Idle hands are the work of the devil,” is another old saying.

The protests seen on television remind many of us of the old days of Gov. George Wallace and the civil rights protests of the 1960s. Days gone by, but not forgotten, and now there is still some civil unrest and racial discrimination boiling over with the Ferguson confrontation.

Dr. Martin Luther King had it right in his peaceful demonstrations that proved so effective in his era.

Citizens do have the right to gather, to march, to protest, but they don’t have the right to shoot at police, burn buildings and loot stores.

There are those who race to Ferguson to do such things and to preach and practice hatred and violence.

Ferguson and Michael Brown will forever make the history books and only time will tell how many chapters of this book will be written.

We should remember, “Two wrongs, don’t make a right.”

2014 – summer is ending, time to lighten up REMARKS

By Mort Marks

In past years, I could “lighten up” by passing on some great jokes having as their punch line someone’s race, color, religion, physical characteristics or sexual preferences – “politically incorrect humor,” but not today, because they might offend someone.

Although 99 percent of you let me know that such “politically incorrect jokes” were in the words of one reader, “Great, Great – Right On,” the outspoken few “self-appointed standard setters” among us who have whined and howled like banshees over small and imagined group slights, unfortunately, have temporarily won.

That being the case, I’ll pass along the following “politically correct” stories that have crossed my desk:

First – “John decided to go skiing with his buddy, Keith, but after driving for a few hours they got caught in a terrible blizzard. So they pulled into a nearby farm and asked the attractive lady who answered the door if they could spend the night.

“I realize it’s terrible weather out there and I have this huge house all to myself, but I’m recently widowed,” she explained. “I’m afraid the neighbors will talk if I let you stay in my house.” – “Don’t worry,” John said.

“We’ll be happy to sleep in the barn.”

In the morning after the weather cleared, they got on their way, and enjoyed a great weekend of skiing.

Nine months later, John got an unexpected letter from an attorney.

It took him a few minutes to figure it out, but he finally determined that it was from the attorney of that attractive widow he had met on the ski weekend.

He dropped in on his friend Keith, and asked him if he remembered that good-looking widow from the farm where he stayed on our ski holiday about nine months ago.

“Yes, I do,” said Keith. “Did you happen to get up in the middle of the night, go up to the house and pay her a visit,” John asked? “Well, yes,” Keith said, a little embarrassed about being found out. “I have to admit that I did.” – “And did you happen to give her my name instead of telling

her your name?”

Keith’s face turned beet red and he asked, “Look, I’m sorry, buddy, I’m afraid I did. Why do you ask?

John answered, “She just died and left me everything.”

(And you thought the ending would be different, didn’t you?)

Now – Here’s the reason lawyers should never ask a grandma a question if they aren’t prepared for the answer.

In a trial, a small-town prosecuting attorney called his first witness, an elderly grandmother, to the stand.

He approached her and asked, “Mrs. Jones, do you know me?”

She responded, “Why yes, I do know you, Mr. Williams. I’ve known you since you were a young boy, and frankly you’ve been a big disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat on your wife, and you manipulate people and talk about them behind their backs. You think you’re a big shot when you haven’t the brains to be anything more than a two-bit paper pusher. Yes, I know you.”

The lawyer was stunned! Not knowing what else to do, he pointed across the room and asked, “Mrs. Jones, do you know the defense attorney?”

She again replied, “Why yes, I’ve known Mr. Bradley since he was a youngster. He’s lazy, bigoted and has a drinking problem. He can’t build a

normal relationship with anyone and his law practice is one of the worst in the entire state. Not to mention he cheated on his wife with three different women. One of them was your wife. Yes, I know him.”

The defense attorney almost died, but then the judge asked both counselors to approach the bench and in a very quiet voice said, “If either one of you two idiots asks her if she knows me, I’ll give you the death penalty.”

Since it is now golf time, have you heard about Ed and Dorothy who met on vacation and Ed fell head over heels in love with her.

And after a couple of weeks of going out with her, Ed was convinced that it was true love, and felt that it was only fair to warn her that he was a total golf nut.

“I eat, sleep and breathe golf, so if that’s going to be a problem you’d better say so now.” Dorothy took a deep breath and responded, “Since we are being honest with each other, you need to know, I am a hooker.”

“I see,” Ed replied, looking down at the table and quiet for a moment.

Then he added, “You know, it’s probably because you’re not keeping your wrists straight when you tee off.”

I’ll end up with a question – Have you heard about McDonald’s new Obama Value meal?

Answer: Order anything you like and the guy behind you will have to pay for it.

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August 21, 2014 • DENVER HERALD-DISPATCH • PAGE 6

New dental center opens in southwest Denver Continued from Page 1 on providing low cost medical and dental services to families who rely on Medicaid, Medicare and CHP+, as well as most all other medical and dental insurances.

Our Kids – Los Niños Dental Center, run by long established and well-respected dentist, Dr. Efren

Martinez, has now opened its doors to area families in need of dental services for their children. The dental office is focused on providing state-of-art pediatric dental and orthodontic services designed to help a vast number of families who badly need quality dental care at an affordable price.

Our Kids - Los Niños Dental Opening from left Paul Chavez, who served as Master of Ceremonies for the event, Dr. Efren Martinez, Owner, and Lori Chavez, Paul’s wife.

Our Kids – Los Niños Dental Center has trained staff dedicated to helping families secure the Medicaid and CHP+ qualifications they need to get care for their children.

Through this assistance in navigating the complex hurdles that can be difficult when trying to qualify for benefits and service, more families

will get the quality dental care their children need.

In the coming months, a new chiropractic physical therapy and rehabilitation facility will be opening in the same shopping center in order to service all aspects of injury treatment and recovery. In January 2015, a new full-service,

The two owners of the new Our Kids – Los Niños Dental Services Clinic: Dr. Efren Martinez and Michael Sawaya, lawyer, celebrate with a hug and smiles at the successful grand opening Aug. 16.

low-income family medical center will open at The Martinez/Sawaya Medical Dental Center. This will be the Guardian Angels Health Center – West, to be located at 1214 S. Sheridan Blvd., Denver.

For more information, call Antonio Martinez at 303-945-5231 or Mitch Short at 303-839-1650.

The Sawaya Law Firm hosted an information booth at the Our Kids - Los Niños Dental Clinic opening. From left: Stason Ikeaoyue, investigator; Erica Davis, director of client services; Michael Sawaya, president, and Celia Munoz, marketing coordinator.

Our Kid’s – Los Niños Dental Clinic staff, from left: Cassandra Perez, lead dental assistant; Cecilia Yankton, dental assistant; Mary Rodriguez, office manager; Josephine Martinez, account manager; Dr. Efren Martinez, owner/dentist; Antonio Martinez, marketing manager; Dr. Mangold, Balloon Man, Conklin Morgan, (also a master magician), demonstrates his skill as he makes a balloon animal for the anxious youngster. orthodontist; and back is Toan Chung, dentist.

Dignitaries who enjoyed the Grand Opening of Our Kids/Los Niños Dental Services Clinic are: Joe Contreras, owner of Latin Life Denver; Antonio Martinez, marketing manager for the new clinic; Mavis Salazar, owner of Grandma’s House of Cures; Jared Rains, host of OnAIR Radio; Dr. Efren Martinez, clinic co-owner; Michael Sawaya, clinic co-owner; and Cheryl Lola Lucero, business development consultant.

Photos courtesy of Shannon M. Garcia

August 21, 2014 • DENVER HERALD-DISPATCH • PAGE 7

The 2014 Nissan Frontier Pro 4X is remarkable

By Don Bain This value-laden, off-roadready, short-bed truck first impressed when opening the door to the driver’s seat – unlike many trucks no step stool is required to enter the vehicle. It is remarkably low and easy to enter for a pickup that can go anywhere on or off the road.

Once inside we discovered something automakers have been trying to accomplish for decades – a truck that drives like a car despite its size and capabilities.

From the outside, it’s one sweet looking truck with a Lava Red coat of paint that’s very slow to show the dust of Colorado and, we would surmise, Moab as well.

We drove the Pro 4X into the mountain residential areas southeast of Fairplay for some FourHigh rally driving on dirt roads and upon returning to the city noticed how the dust from our outing was readily apparent on the tailgate and wheels, but scarcely showed on the front and sides of the truck. Consequently, if you want an “I’ve been there and done that” badge by besmirching your ride, it will take a little more effort than usual – look for muddy river crossings!

Though it is a four-door short bed truck, Nissans handy bed-extender allows the tailgate to be put down and the railing slides back flipping over to add to the length of the cargo area in the bed.

This function allowed the safe transport of two propane bottles, one short barbeque grill size and one taller double size tank, secur-

ing them between the railing and the tailgate such that they traveled quietly, even over the dirt roads, without slipping or rattling at all.

Heavy-duty roof rails are ready to hold skies, kayaks, mountain bikes, inner tubes or whatever you need for your leisure time mountain outings. The two-row seating of the cab will easily carry four linebacker sized humans or five of the slightly smaller variety, while a locking differential allows for serious rock climbing and crawling.

Unfortunately, time and life prevented taking the 2014 Nissan Pro 4X out for any serious offroad adventures, but we are sure it would hold its own.

Closest we came was the drive up to a buddy’s rustic cabin, which is up a gently rising mountain meadow across a four-foot wide, two-foot deep dry creek bed.

The Pro 4X briefly lost traction on the dirt roads when we hit a washboard patch of road at a speed too fast for such conditions, but regained its footing quickly after providing a thrill.

Getting down to the numbers, the 2014 Nissan Frontier Pro 4X is well powered by a 4.0-liter DOHC V6 producing 261 horsepower and 281lb-ft or torque. It features a six-speed transmission with a shift-on-the-fly 4WD system, which worked seamlessly when we left Highway 285 for the dirt roads into Badger Creek.

It features Bilstein Off-Road Heavy Duty shock absorbers, vented disc brakes all around,

The 2014 Nissan Frontier Pro 4X gets from 15 to 21 mpg depending on speed, load and other factors. It has a base price of $31,850.

Photo by Don Bain

plus Hill Start Assist and Hill Descent Control systems.

Impressive OWL Rugged Trail Tires shoe 16-inch alloy wheels and a full size spare comes standard.

To insure the soundtrack of your life travels with you, a Rockford Fosgate 10-speaker audio system featuring two woofers is provided. The rear seats fold up for additional gear space and ac-

cess to an under seat storage bin.

The Pro 4X gets from 15 to 21 mpg depending on speed, load and other factors. It has a base price of $31,850.

The model driven had the optional bed extender and luxury package that added navigation with voice recognition, Bluetooth, leather seats, 8-way power driver’s seat, heated power sideview mirrors, glass moonroof

and the roof rails, bringing the final delivered price to $36,050, which strikes us as a lot of value for the money.

Everyone who rode in the Frontier seemed to adamantly like it – even embedded Honda drivers who raved about how cool the Nissan is. We liked it a lot and think if you are in the market for a pickup, this one is well worth considering.

Tangumas celebrate 50 years of marriage

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bout 150 friends and family of Mel and Juanita (Alarid) Tanguma gathered to help celebrate the couple’s 50th wedding anniversary, Aug. 16, at the MGM Grand Lounge in Denver.

Their celebration was complete with musical serenades and a formal ceremony with blessings and readings from the bible. This was followed by a four-course dinner, complete with salad and fruit snacks. After the dinner, there was a champagne toast given to the long-lasting couple by the couple’s grandson, Gabriel Tanguma.

At the end of the festivities, all guests were served their choice from a delicious three-layer wedding cake, which the couple had not had at their original wedding.

The Tangumas have two sons—Damian and Tom Tanguma, and one daughter, Tanya Hauch. They also now have six grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren.

Damian Tanguma and Mel’s son-in-law, Kenny Hauch, worked with Mel Tanguma for many years in his business, Mel’s Seamless Gutters. The two younger men now run their own gutter and sheet metal business from the same location at 4847 Morrison Road, Denver. Due to the quality of their work, the family business has flourished, thus supporting the Tanguma family for more than 30 years now.

The elder couple is now off on a honeymoon to Graceland in Memphis, Tenn., and other Southern states.

ABOVE: Juanita joins hands with her husband of 50 years, Mel Tanguma, during their anniversary celebration held Aug. 16. Their nephew, John Tanguma (shown in background), read blessings for the couple and for all couples present there at the event.

LEFT: Four generations of Tangumas: Tanya Hauch (daughter), Skye Bleu Gorden (granddaughter), holding Cateleya Gorden (great granddaughter) and Juanita Tanguma (mother) Photos courtesy of Shannon M. Garcia

PAGE 8 • DENVER HERALD-DISPATCH • August 21, 2014

New businesses urged to contact cities ‘A really strong partner … and a lot of people don’t realize that’

By Peter Jones Thinking about starting a small business? Add a phone call to the city’s economic-development office to the top of your start-up to-do list.

That was an essential message of an informal presentation Aug. 13 at the Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce’s Women in Business Breakfast.

“I’m surprised at how late in the process business owners wait to contact the local jurisdiction,” said local attorney and City Councilman Joe Jefferson. “They can be a really strong partner for you and a lot of people don’t realize that.”

When it comes to learning about

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Aug. 23, 7:30 p.m., Arvada Center Theater Outdoor Amphitheater, 6901 Wadsworth Boulevard. Denver Brass, with Edd Nichols as HAL the Computer.

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Comedy Night at the Castle

Sept 12, 7 – 9 p.m., Cherokee Ranch and Castle Great Hall, Sedalia. Featuring Troy Walker. Visit www.cherokeeranch.org or call 303-688-4600.

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Sept. 10, 3-4 p.m., RiverPointe, 5225 S Prince St, Littleton, Active Minds free class.

The northernmost territory of Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Scotland has its own fierce national identity and deep historical ties with the United States due to centuries of Scottish emigration. The future of this country is somewhat uncertain, however, given the national referendum

going to find? What are some of the things I’m going to have to know before I get started?”

Penn said.

For example, how many businesses in Englewood know anything about the city’s Commercial Catalyst Grant Program? Englewood invests in businesses by providing free design assistance, landscape improvements and matching-grant dollars for interior and exterior improvements. But you have to know to ask Englewood City Councilman Joe Jefferson addresses members of about it. the Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce Aug. 14 at Colore “The business owner, restaurant.

Photo by Peter Jones landlord and city need to cooperate to make that happen,” Jefferson said. city programs designed to help busi- down with the city’s director of ecoEnterprise zones and their assonesses or how to avoid unseen pit- nomic development. ciated state tax credits are another falls when buying an existing opera“These people can tell you benefit for the asking – though some tion, Mayor Randy Penn said it is exactly what you can do, what you think the cities should take more never too early for a face-to-face sit cannot do. … What obstacles am I responsibility to make sure busi-

nesses understand such options, as well as the municipal hoops.

Englewood-based accountant Errol Roy has helped numerous business clients get started in the city and elsewhere and described situations where small businesses that could nary afford the surprise believed they were blindsided by city regulations.

“It’s a bit of a challenge there and my experience was that people at the city weren’t very friendly to share that information,” he said.

Jefferson acknowledged a communication problem, but said it was a two-way street requiring more proactivity from startup businesses.

“I think, Randy, you and I have to be more accountable and push some city staff,” he said to Mayor Penn. “… There’s certainly more that we can do. It’s a constant battle.

It’s a constant challenge that the city faces. [But] the business owners, themselves, need to take some of that responsibility … and meet the municipality halfway.”

Park, 101 W 14th Ave Denver. The event includes free workshops and lectures from local Denver witches, ceremonial magicians and Druids on Paganism, magic and related topics, entertainment by the Decadancers dance troupe and Orpheus Pagan Chamber Choir. Stop by the info booth to ask questions about Paganism, meet real witches. The event is free and open to the public.

7800 E. Tufts Ave, Greenwood Village.

Auction, gourmet dinner with wine; Show; dance, Jerry Barnett’s “Copa Tropicale Show” with 10-piece orchestra, singers and dancers. Call 303-830-9037 or visit www. bessieshope.org.

on independence on Sept. 18. The lasting implications of this vote may not be clear for some time, but at a minimum, it highlights a segment of the population that is unhappy with the status quo and looking for change.

RSVP: 303-797-0600.

CLUBS/ ORGANIZATIONS CWCC Business After Hours at The Denver Athletic Club ‘Colorado Remembers 9-11’ Aug. 25, 5:45 – 7:15 p.m., The Denver Athletic Club, 1325 Glenarm Place, Denver.

Sponsored by The Denver Athletic Club and media sponsor Denver Business Journal. The Business After-Hours event fee is $10 for CWCC members and $15 for non-members and all walk-ins. Guests may register by visiting www.coloradowomenschamber. chambermaster.com/events.

EVENTS ‘Farm to Table’ dinner

Aug. 24, 4 – 7 p.m., Cherokee Ranch and Castle, Sedalia. Enjoy a handcrafted, locally grown, four-course dinner at one long table set the Pavilion Tent with the historic Scottish castle and the rugged Rocky Mountains as the backdrop. Each course will be paired with wine or liquors.

Includes musical performance. Visit www. cherokeeranch.org or call 303-688-4600.

Denver Pagan Pride Day

Sept. 7, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., Civic Center

Sept. 11, 7 p.m. Ellie Caulkins Opera House, 14th and Curtis streets, Denver. General David H. Petraeus presents “Emerging Threats to U.S. National Security.” Hosted by Gov. John Hickenlooper and Mayor Michael Hancock.

Tickets at www.thecell.org.

ACC to Host ‘Star Parties’

Sept. 12, Oct. 17 and Nov. 7, 7:30 – 9:30 Littleton Campus, 5900 S. Santa Fe, West Lawn; between the Main Building and West Lawn; between the Main Building and Lot G Sept. 18, Parker Campus. ACC will provide a telescope at the star parties, which are free and open to the public (no RSVP necessary; please dress appropriately for these outdoor events). Complimentary hot cocoa and cookies will be served.

For more information, contact 303-7975839 or jennifer.jones@arapahoe.edu.

1830s Rendezvous & Spanish Colonial Art Market

Sept. 27 - 28, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., The

Fort Restaurant grounds, 19192 Colorado 8, Morrison. Features Spanish colonial art and jewelry and historical interpreters that enact colorful scenes of the west in the 1830s.

FUNDRAISERS Here Comes the Sundial concert

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‘Brews for Books’

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Aug. 24, 4 – 7 p.m., Cranmer Park, 1st and Cherry St., Denver. The rescheduled concert features several local bands, including Petals of Spain and Dressy Bessy.

Fundraiser to help restore the Sundial and Sundial Plaza. Donations will be accepted at the benefit concert and can also be made to the Save Our Sundial Project of The Park People, 1510 S. Grant St., Denver, CO 80210.

Visit www.SaveOurSundial.com or www.

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Aug. 23, Brew on Broadway. 3445 S. Broadway, Englewood. Englewood Education Foundation annual fundraiser Tickets are $50 and include dinner, unlimited drinks, and live music. Be both a live and silent auction. All proceeds go to benefit Englewood students in the form of scholarships and Englewood teachers in the form of creativity grants. For tickets, call 303-806-2042.

Bessie’s Hope 20th Anniversary Celebration Aug. 23, Hyatt Regency Tech Center,

Aug. 24, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Arapahoe Community College, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Fine arts and crafts for sale for under $100. More than 130 local and national artists, including Arabella Tatershall, who won Best of Show (Sculpture) at the 2013 Downtown Denver Arts Festival. Proceeds from $5 - $6 admission fees will benefit the ACC Foundation.

Sept. 12, 6 a.m. registration and hot breakfast buffet, 7:30 a.m. Tee-off shotgun start, Arrowhead Golf Course, 10850 W. Sundown Trail, Littleton. Registration: Sue Powell, 303-986-4587 ext. 104, spowell@ havernschool.org.

Art House at Cherry Knolls Home Tour

Sept. 13, noon – 4 p.m., 7076 S. Cook Way, Centennial. Benefits Sandburg Elementary. A portion of art sales will be donated to school. Tour ticket not required.

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Your Weekly Horoscope – By Gren Chatworth LEO (July 23 – Aug 22) If a new romance comes your way, it just might be the one that you have been waiting for. There is only one way to find out – get out there and see what happens.

VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sept 22) New starts are indicated but they should be most carefully thought out before taking any definite action. If you really want a change of occupation now, be sure that you figure out all the angles!

LIBRA (Sept 23 – Oct 22) This will be a tricky week for you because there are complicated influences at work around your personal life. Take it easy in the romance department – you could fall head over heels in love. The question is, is this person the right one for you? Be cautious.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21) A tremendous chance of advancement is facing you at this time. It will be a long long time before the planets line up like this again for you. Make the most of getting the things you really want now!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21) This coming week try to avoid getting into an argument regarding money matters. In fact, this would be a poor time to try and do any refinancing of any kind.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19) It would be wise to get any business matters cleared up shortly, as indications show that you may be changing your occupation for a better one sometime early this spring.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18) Nothing of earth-shattering importance will happen this week, but that may be just as well. You may even consider getting a physic reading to add to your vision of the future.

PISCES (Feb 19 – March 20) Right now is a good time to start saving for things that you have always wanted. Be wise and avoid too much spending at this time. It will be difficult for you to make ends meet later on.

ARIES (March 21 – April 19) A feeling of unrest, especially during this coming weekend should be met with some positive thinking.

Generally speaking conditions are most favorable but you may feel pretty “bored” – Cheer up!

TAURUS (April 20 – May 20) A lot of good luck is coming your way.

This doesn’t mean you should start playing the stock market, but sincere effort will be more than rewarded. Say yes to any request made of you in the next few weeks.

GEMINI (May 21 – June 20) You seem to be always willing to put a lot of effort into maintaining harmony with the people around you.

Remember do not overdo this effort. If you keep putting your best foot forward without getting some positive results, you will eventually get resentful. In every relationship there has to be a fair amount of give and take or things just will not work out.

CANCER (June 21 – July 22) There’s an astrological cycle starting now that can enable you to make a great deal out of seemingly small beginnings. Plan very carefully, as your actins now are very important.

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Dead Man’s Canyon Tobin stops Espinosa brothers murderous rampage

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By Linda Wommack he Little Fountain Creek flows a quiet, gentle stream of clear Rocky Mountain water south into a canyon, meeting with Turkey Creek, approximately 12 miles south of Colorado City.

A canyon that has forever been known as Dead Man’s Canyon, for it was in this canyon that one of the first known victims of the horrific Espinosa brothers met a horrible end. And it is in this canyon that legends and mystery have abounded ever since.

In the spring 1863, the settlers and townsfolk from Colorado City to Florissant were terrorized by a couple of thugs who took on a crazed notion of revenge and retribution against all white settlers. Fear spread throughout the area as random killings continued with no knowledge of the killers. With no telegraph lines, news was slow and added to the fear surrounding the area.

All the killings were the same. The naked corpse sprawled on the muddy blood soaked ground, hacked to death, and the skull cracked open. For those who discovered the remains, it was beyond belief. Then the shocking news reached the area that another murder had occurred in the area now known as Dead Man’s Canyon, and that the murder was in the same manner as the others. What struck the community to the core of their fear was that this victim was one of their own. Area law enforcement went on high alert.

William Bruce was well respected in the community, running a sawmill not far from the first killings. His wife reported him missing when he did not return from a business meeting. His body, found in the canyon, was shot full of bullets. Powder burns suggested close range fire, and his chest was hacked with an axe.

And a third murder in the canyon occurred not two weeks later. The naked and mutilated body of Henry Hawkins, an elderly reclusive man, was found on the banks of Little Fountain Creek, near Dead Man’s Canyon. Within two days, the lawmen knew who they were after. Tracking them would become another matter.

Felipe Nerio Espinosa and his brother Vivian Espinosa had been terrorizing the San Luis Valley since 1860. It became apparent to the law officials that the murderous brothers had moved north with these recent killings, and were now extracting their vengeance among settlers in the Ute Pass area. The evidence piled up; the murders were the same; all were shot, and brutally hacked with an axe. Yet none of the victim’s belongings were taken.

Tom Tobin presented the heads of the Espinosa brothers to the governor.

Meanwhile, as the authorities were trailing these murderous outlaws, another murder rocked the Florissant area. The mail carrier came into Florissant at high-neck speed and horrific panic. He reported the finding of John Addleman’s body, a member of the Florissant community, lying near the house at his ranch west of the Platte River, just a few miles from the present town of Florissant. Addleman was the son of a Supreme Court Justice from Pennsylvania, and well respected in the entire area. While the community prepared for his funeral, the lawmen hit the outlaw’s new trail.

From Florissant, the trail went to the South Park area and into Park County. Local

law enforcement worked continuously on the case, learning many facts, although the case by now was handled in Park County.

The vindictive Espinosa brothers had declared war against all Anglos and in less than a year, they had ambushed and killed 22 persons, from Canyon City, north to the South Park region. In the pursuit of the murderers, one of the Espinosa’s was killed, but a cousin took his place and their vendetta continued as six more victims fell before their guns.

The murderers were now thought to be retreating south via Ute Pass country, back to the New Mexico Territory. As the news came into Florissant and the authorities continued

the case, fear gripped the entire area. People kept close to home, and seldom came to town. Those in town kept a watchful eye out for strangers or unusual conditions.

Following the Espinosa brothers south, the lawmen were too late to prevent the murder of a man and his wife on La Veta Pass. Perhaps out of desperation, Col. Sam Tappen, commanding officer at Fort Garland, and Territorial Gov. Evans, called on Tom Tobin, an experienced scout and expert tracker in the area to help in stopping the Espinosa reign of terror. Tobin was offered a reward of $2,500 to track down the murderous gang. He was given a full militia, but insisted on tracking the vicious killers alone, tak-

ing only three military men as backup.

Tobin followed their trail from the site of the 28th victim for three days, leading into the Sangre de Cristo mountains.

He ambushed the deadly trio in a meadow and methodically shot them one by one.

The leader, Vivian Espinosa was not dead, so Tobin slit his throat, decapitating him. Tobin then cut off the head of Espinosa’s nephew, and placed both heads in a gunnysack.

Tobin brought the heads to Gov. Evans in Denver, as proof to collect his reward.

He never received the reward, but was given a fine rifle at an honorary dinner.

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Southern Utes

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By Linda Wommack he Ute Indians are considered the oldest continuous residents of Colorado. While it is not known exactly when the tribe or their ancestors arrived in the area, ancient fire pits, stone tools, petroglyphs and even stone foundations for fortification, dating as far back as 6,000 BC, have been found and documented by archaeologists from Pikes Peak, south to the present state border with New Mexico. It is possible, according to archaeologists, that the arrival of the Ute people into the area caused the Anasazis to leave the sandstone caves of the area. The ancestral Utes may also have displaced the earlier Native Americans who inhabited the region during the early Basketmaker era through the Developmental Pueblo stage, including the classic Mesa Verde period.

Prior to the arrival of the Europeans, the land of the Utes encompassed nearly all the land that is today the state of Colorado, as well as the eastern part of the state of Utah.

Eventually, the Utes were loosely concentrated into roughly seven bands. The Uintah band of Utes inhabited the Uintah Basin, which included the Great Salt Lake Basin in today’s state of Utah. The Parianuche, or Grand River Utes, occupied the land along the river (later renamed the Colorado River.) The Yamparicas, or White River band of Utes, lived in the Yampa River Valley, the northern portion of today’s Colorado.

The Tabeguache band, known as the People of the Sun, lived in the mountains and valleys shadowed

by Pikes Peak until their removal to the reservation on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains in 1868. Here they lived in the meadows along the Gunnison and Uncompahgre Rivers, where they became known as the Uncompahgre Utes.

To the southern portion of the ancestral Ute lands, the Moache and Capote band of Utes inhabited the San Luis Valley near the headwaters of the Rio

Chief Ignacio

Grande, south to today’s New Mexico, while the Weeminuche Utes occupied the valley of the San Juan River and its northern tributaries in Colorado and northwestern New Mexico.

This southern area of the sacred ancestral Ute land is all that remain today of the once vast lands of the Ute nation. It is here that the Weeminuche tribe, under Chief Ignacio, and the Capote and Moache Bands, under the leadership of Chief Ouray and Buckskin Charlie, fought to retain their land and their way of life.

Ignacio, born in 1828 in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado’s southwestern mountain range, grew up in a turbulent time among his people.

Tribal history states that at the age of 14, Ignacio had killed all the members of a rival family to avenge the murder of his father. As he grew to manhood, his steadfast commitment to his people and their way of life gained him an honored respect among the Weeminuche.

At the age of 42, Ignacio became chief of the Weeminuche Ute tribe.

With maturity, he became more of a diplomat, yet remained absolute in retaining his ancestral lands. A skilled negotiator, he gained the respect of government officials during treaty discussions. Ignacio’s testimony before a U.S. Senate subcommittee in 1886 helped the Weeminuche people to eventually secure a favorable land settlement to retain a portion of their ancestral homeland.

By 1895, the U.S. government deeded the Southern Ute reservation land to the Southern Ute Tribe, with an added incentive. The government offered an option of allotments. The land soon became a checkerboard reservation when the un-allotted land was sold to nonIndians.

However, Chief Ignacio opposed the allotments. Fighting for his people, their tribal lands and traditional way of life, he refused to allow the federal government to divide ownership of his ancestral lands among his people.

Through his steadfast efforts, Ignacio was instrumental in retaining collective ownership of the land in 1917. His leadership helped the Utes preserve dignity and hope in the face of unrelenting change at the dawn of a new era. The town of Ignacio is named in his honor.

A young spirited warrior of the Tabeguache Ute Tribe, Ouray’s experiences as a youth were much the same as Ignacio’s. As he watched the slow but steady influx of the white men into his sacred homeland, he became alarmed for his people and decided to do what he could. The government had ordered prospectors to stay away from the San Juan country, but to no avail. With the onslaught of the miners, the Tabeguache Ute Indians began a war... a war with words against the United States government. A keen, observant man, Ouray understood the extreme differences between the Indian and White Man.

Buckskin Charlie

Photos courtesy of Denver Public Library, Western History Collection

He formed friendships and struck deals. In 1860, his leadership earned him the honor of chief of his tribe.

For the next 10 years, the young warrior watched and learned the ways of the white man and befriended one of the greatest white men of his time, Army scout and Indian agent, Kit Carson. The two would become life-long friends with each compelled to aid the other.

In the end, Ouray knew the Utes might win the battle, but never the war. On March 2, 1868, he struck a deal with his friend, Kit Carson, a Government Indian agent. The Kit Carson Treaty gave some 6 million acres of land to the Utes. In return,

Ouray and his people were guaranteed, “no one would pass over the remaining Ute land.”

The Ute Mountain Indian reservation stretched from the Four Corners area, east to Pagosa Springs, which was approximately 110 miles.

From the New Mexico border north, the distance was roughly 20 miles; a mere strip of the original land. It was at this time that the Tabeguache band became known as the Uncompahgre Utes. Throughout his life, Ouray worked for peace between the two cultures and gained respect in both.

Following the death of Ouray in 1880, Buckskin Charlie, at the personal request of Ouray, became the chief of the Uncompahgre Utes.

Under the council of Ouray, Buckskin Charlie continued to work for peace. He would spend the rest of his life serving his people with peaceful actions and negotiations with the government. It can be said that no overt actions or depredations against the white population were ever committed by his authority.

While Buckskin Charlie kept the peace within his tribe, and the government, he was also charged with continuing the native spiritual and cultural being within his people. Tribal ceremonies, including rituals, dances or social extension regarding marriage or death, were the center of the Ute culture. These events were a necessary part of the tribal structure, as this was the basis of their religious, traditional and social existence. Ceremonies, including the many dances, had significant meaning and purpose. Through his efforts, Buckskin Charlie ensured that the very center of the Ute way of life continued.

It is the tradition and the way of the people that is still evident today at the home of the Southern Ute tribes at Ignacio.

Chief Ouray

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A GRAND OLE TIME

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