Aspen

• Locations: News By Raleigh Burleigh Published Apr. 13, 2022

  ‘Real’ powwow gathering comes to Aspen

  Last year, in lieu of a powwow, the Aspen Indigenous Foundation hosted a well-attended dance exposition at Wagner Park in Aspen. Photo by Klaus Kocher

  This weekend, April 15 and 16, the Aspen Indigenous Foundation will host its largest native gathering yet. The nonprofit, responsible for organizing dance expositions, the Shining Mountains Film Festival and a single day powwow in 2019, is expecting upwards of 300 Native Americans representing as many as 75 tribes, plus… read more →

• Locations: Obituaries Published Mar. 23, 2022

  Obituary: James Breasted

  This courtesy photo was taken around the time Jim arrived to Aspen.

  November 13, 1937 – March 19, 2022

  James Breasted, a former Aspen City Councilman and Pitkin County Planning Commissioner who helped create the Roaring Fork Valley bus system and pushed for wilderness preservation of the Hunter Creek area above Aspen, died Saturday at his home in Carbondale. He was 84.… read more →