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Ute Mountain Ute irrigation manager Michael Vicente tells how ...
Ute Mountain Ute irrigation manager Michael Vicente on June 29, 2022, tells how he recorded temperatures as high as 107 degrees on the Utes’ farmland last year south of Towaoc, the tribal capital. (Photo by Bill Hatcher/Special to The Denver Post)
Bruce Finley of The Denver Post
By | bfinley@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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The Utes are surviving, for now, by relying on a unique asset: a mill built in 2014 where tribal crews de-husk, grind and package all the corn they can harvest.
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