Clark Adomaitis
ReporterClark Adomaitis is a Durango transplant from New York City. He is a recent graduate of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where he focused on reporting and producing for radio and podcasts. He reported sound-rich stories on the state of recycling and compost in NYC.
Before his graduate studies, he wrote lifestyle spreads for the City College of New York's Campus Magazine about local food and drink. In his free time, he produces experimental and humorous hip-hop music.
He’s excited to learn and share stories from underrepresented voices in the Four Corners region, including reports from the Ute tribe, the Navajo Nation, the LGBTQ+ community, and the Latinx community.
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Mesa Verde National Park established an Indigenous Ranger Internship last summer. The program hires young Native Americans as park rangers and tour guides. The National Park Service is trying to include more indigenous perspectives in its storytelling. -
On Sunday, September 3, tribal members and other motorcyclists rode to the Southern Ute Cultural Center in Ignacio, CO. The ride was part of the five-day long Four Corners Motorcycle Rally in Durango. -
Russell Box Sr. is a Southern Ute elder whose art reflects his experiences in boarding school, the military, and his service to the tribe -
Teachers will incorporate the games in their gym classes in the fall. -
In July, about 20 Native American teens and children competed in the 2023 North American Indigenous Games in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Team Colorado joined competitions in basketball, archery, badminton, and golf. -
A Durango High School graduate told a Colorado legislative committee that the state statute should be changed to protect students who administer Naloxone on school campuses. -
A Durango-based support group for people with disabilities celebrated the 33rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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The Southern Ute tribe hosted a summer seminar series open to the public, where students can learn the basics of the Ute language. Hanley Frost, the Southern Ute elder who led the class, has collected Ute dictionaries and taught the language for years. -
Tribal attorneys nationwide are concerned about a recent Supreme Court ruling on Navajo Nation water rights. An attorney for the Ute Mountain Ute tribe says the ruling calls into question the trustee relationship between tribes and the federal government. -
In June, the Biden Administration placed a moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands within a ten-mile radius of Chaco Canyon National Park. The drilling ban is part of an effort to preserve historical sites in and around Chaco Canyon, and it was prompted by advocacy from tribal people. But Navajo landowners in the region are split over the decision.
