Photo Gallery (U.S. National Park Service)

A gallery of members of some of Great Sand Dunes affiliated tribes during visits to the national park and preserve.

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A Ute boy uses an atlatl (ancient wooden spear-throwing tool) in grasslands west of the dunefield. A crowd of other Ute people, park staff, and associates watch in the background. The snow-capped Sangre de Cristo Mountains are also visible in the background. Atlatls were used here in past millennia to hunt large prehistoric mammals.

Ute Boy Throwing Atlatl

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A Ute girl prepares to use an atlatl (ancient wooden spear-throwing tool) in grasslands west of the dunefield. A crowd of other Ute people, park staff, and associates watch in the background. The snow-capped Sangre de Cristo Mountains are also visible in the background. Atlatls were used here in past millennia to hunt large prehistoric mammals.

Ute Girl Preparing to Throw an...

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Representatives from the Southern Ute, Ute Tribe of Uinta and Ouray, Ute Mountain Ute, Jicarilla Apache, and Navajo tribes stand with staff from the National Park Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Land Management after a tribal consultation. In the background are the dunes and Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

Tribal Members with NPS Staff

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Hopi and Hopi-Tewa people gather around a culturally modified ponderosa pine tree near the dunes, along with NPS staff. A large section of the tree’s trunk bark is missing, but the tree is alive and healthy. These trees are living artifacts, ceremonially peeled in past centuries for food and medicine.

Hopi and Hopi Tewa People arou...

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Jicarilla Apache tribal members stand with NPS staff in a grove of ponderosa pine trees near the dunes.

Jicarilla Apache at Indian Gr...

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Members of the Zuni Cultural Resource Advisory Team stand with NPS staff on the dunes, with mountains in shadow in the background.

Zuni Cultural Resource Advisor...

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Navajo (Dine’) tribal members stand with NPS staff in a remote area of the park with sandy desert and a spring visible at right. In the distant background are dunes and mountains.

Navajo (Dine') Tribal Members ...

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Tesuque Pueblo members stand with NPS staff in a remote desert area of the park in winter, with snow on the ground. In the distant background are snowy dunes and snow-capped mountains.

Tesuque Pueblo Members with Pa...

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Members of three different Ute bands stand with NPS staff in a remote area of the park with sandy desert. In the distant background are dunes and mountains. Represented are the Ute Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray reservation, Ute Mountain Ute, and Southern Ute.

Ute Tribe of the Uintah and Ou...

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Taos Pueblo members stand with NPS staff in a remote area of the park with sandy desert and a spring-fed wetland. In the distant background are dunes and snow-capped mountains.

Taos Pueblo at Big Spring with...

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Santa Clara Pueblo members stand with NPS staff in a remote area of the park with sandy desert. In the distant background are dunes and mountains.

Santa Clara Pueblo Tribal Memb...

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