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Indigenous skier Connor Ryan, who grew up in the Front Range, helps Winter Park honor ancient Utes

Connor Ryan, a Hunkpapa Lakota Native American who grew up in the Front Range, is a big mountain skier and filmmaker. He helped Winter Park Resort develop two pieces of artwork on the mountain this year to honor the area's Native American heritage. He is shown here ski mountaineering in Naked Lady Couloir on Snowden Peak in the San Juan Range. (MATT TUFTS/PROVIDED BY CONNOR RYAN)
Connor Ryan, a Hunkpapa Lakota Native American who grew up in the Front Range, is a big mountain skier and filmmaker. He helped Winter Park Resort develop two pieces of artwork on the mountain this year to honor the area’s Native American heritage. He is shown here ski mountaineering in Naked Lady Couloir on Snowden Peak in the San Juan Range. (MATT TUFTS/PROVIDED BY CONNOR RYAN)
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"They are places that have been deeply related to Indigenous people for so long, and there’s not blame in that statement, but there is responsibility thatap needed on the other side."
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