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Westernaires end Native American dancing program after decades of Indigenous pushback

The Westernaires have been teaching horsemanship to kids in Colorado and performing equine entertainment with Wild West themes for more than 70 years.

Members of the Westernaires Interpretive Indian Dancing group leave the arena after their presentation at the Horsecapades Annual Fundraising Show at the Events Center at National Western Complex on Oct. 19, 2024 in Denver. (Photo By Kathryn Scott/Special to The Denver Post)

Paint Mines Interpretive Park near Calhan is an easy trail that provides scenery found in few places in Colorado. (Denver Post file photo)

Skip the busy Colorado mountains in the winter. Instead, go east.

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FILE – Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo., chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, delivers a parting statement to witness Michael Scanlon, President of Capitol Campaign Strategies, as he takes the fifth at an oversight hearing on the In Re tribal lobbying matters in Washington, Nov. 17, 2004. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Ben Nighthorse Campbell foretold of Denver’s elites and backlash to Democrats (抖阴ap)

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The Cherokee Power Plant looms in the background of Riverside Cemetery in Denver, on Feb. 3, 2025, where several trees have died due to disease and drought. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Colorado’s ghosts and monsters stalk Riverside Cemetery

By John Wenzel

October 31, 2025 at 7:30 a.m.

Time has not smiled kindly on the grubby, unique graveyard along the South Platte River.

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