Tribal nations want payment for water conservation

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Thursday, October. 24, 2024

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Here’s today’s news.

The Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute Indian tribes, which have reservation land in Colorado, have rights to water they currently can’t access in Lake Nighthorse Reservoir near Durango. (Jeremy Wade Shockley, Special to The Colorado Sun)

The Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute tribal nations want to do their part to aid in water conservation efforts, saying they are willing to forgo future water use in exchange for federal payment. And elected officials in Colorado are now rallying behind them. At issue is the eligibility of the tribes’ proposal. Shannon Mullane explains.

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A day after we reported one person had died and 25 others in Colorado were sick from an E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s, other businesses — including Colorado-based burrito chain Illegal Pete’s — were told to pull yellow onions and foods prepared with them from their menus as a precaution. Olivia Prentzel explains.

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Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold speaks at a news conference Monday about voting in the 2024 election at the Denver Elections Division in downtown. (Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun)

Teak Ty Brockbank, a 45-year-old man from Cortez accused of threatening Colorado election officials — including Secretary of State Jena Griswold — on social media, pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court. He faces up to five years in prison. Olivia Prentzel has more details.

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Josephine “Josie” Lobato demonstrates the colcha stitch at her home Oct. 1 in Westminster. Lobato was inspired by the work of Tiva Trujillo to start learning colcha embroidery in the late 1980s, and has since been honored as a National Heritage Fellow for her works. (Rebecca Slezak, Special to The Colorado Sun)

Colcha workshop. The first time Trent Segura encountered colcha embroidery was at a family reunion in 2001, where he watched a short documentary, “Los Testamentos,” that featured his great aunt Tiva Trujillo. Trujillo was part of a group of women in the San Luis Valley who practiced the art of colcha embroidery in the 1970s, and was one of the most well known needleworkers from that time.

“I was probably 12 or 13 the first time I heard about Tia Tiva,” Segura said. “And I was a kid who liked to draw and paint, so I was so happy to find out that there was an artist in the family.”

Segura is now an artist, designer and regular collaborator with the San Luis Valley Colcha Embroidery Project, where he spends time studying and teaching techniques that he learned from his great aunt’s contemporaries (Tiva passed away before Segura was born). On Saturday, Segura will lead a two-hour workshop at the Wray Museum, in partnership with Prairie Sea Projects, that explores the rich history and beautiful artisanship of colcha embroidery. Supplies will be provided, and finished works will be displayed at the Wray Museum from Jan. 4 until Feb. 8.

$15; 6-8 p.m., Oct. 26; Wray Museum, 2025 E. Third St., Wray