Show Ute Sun Dance is dated for July 26 thru 29 The annual Ute Indian Sun Dance will be held at the Tri-dell Sun Dance grounds July 26 through reports Tommy and Victor Gardner Sundance WITHIN THE next several weeks the plana of the tribal members will be made and many of them will go to the Sundance grounds to live for the duration of the ceremonial Soon families will be going along the highway cutting leafy branches for their shade houses which will be built alongside their soon to be pitched at the Sundance AN EXPEDITION will be made to the hills to get the proper poles for the Sundance corral and ail will be in readiness for this great Due to the deeply religious significance of the Sundance there will be no picture-taking VERY IMPRESSIVE are the ceremonies connected with the opening of the dance and even more impressive are the sunrise ceremonies held each At this time all the dancers face the rising sun with outstretched hands and perform a sacred ritual accompanied by special chants asking the Great Spirit to be with them during the Each year more and more tourists come to see the Ute Sundance and it is expected that many will come this THE SUNDANCE grounds are located on the Neola road some four miles east of Neola or a traveler may take the Whiterocks road at the Todd School go north to the Neola road and then west about a |