Curtis MartinThursday, November 10

7 pm in Wubben 141

Described as a professor “not easily forgotten,” Dr. Barry Michrina touched the lives of thousands of students as well as his colleagues during his tenure as a professor at Colorado Mesa University. Over the course of a twenty-plus year career, Dr. Michrina taught classes on Native Americans, world cultures, religion and culture, and ethnographic methods. He won the Distinguished Faculty Award in 1997.

A primary focus of Dr. Michrina’s ethnographic work was the Ute people, especially the Southern Ute who welcomed him to their sun dances. His Ute name described him perfectly: Standing Tall as the Sky.

The Barry Michrina Memorial Lecture Series and the Barry Michrina Scholarship were established to honor Dr. Michrina’s commitment to Native American cultures. Donations to the scholarship fund can be made through the Colorado Mesa University Foundation.

About Our Speaker

Curtis received his Master’s degree in Anthropology from the University of Colorado during which time he directed projects at Mesa Verde National Park, the Escalante Site, Lowry Ruins, and Canyons of the Ancients National Monument. He has conducted field work throughout the American west and currently is a contract archaeologist for Grand River Institute and Dominquez Archaeological Research Group, Inc. in Grand Junction where he is Principal Investigator for the Colorado Wickiup Project. He teaches Field Methods in Archaeology at Colorado Mesa University. Curtis specializes in Ute wickiups and associated European trade goods and recently published Ephemeral Bounty: Wickiups, Trade Goods, and the Final Years of the Autonomous Ute through the University of Utah Press.

Michrina Scholarship Recipients2014 Madison L. Porter2015 Haley Roan2016

Our sincere appreciation goes to the Michrina family, the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, the Colorado Mesa University Foundation and the Native American Student Alliance for their generous support.

Welcome

Dr. Timothy Casey

A Tribute in Verse

Prof. John Nizalowski

Introductions

Dr. Timothy Casey

“Ephemeral Bounty:The Final Years of Autonomy for Colorado’s Ute Indians”

Curtis Martin

Closing Remarks

Dr. Timothy Casey

Reception and Book Signing