Denver Indian Center​, Inc.

Wintercount… Many tribes, including my own Kiowa people recorded significant events on a buffalo or deer hide each year called Wintercount. If I was keeping ...

This Land is Our Land… 80 years ago on February 23, Woody Guthrie wrote the song “This Land is our Land” as a critical response to the Irving Berlin song, “G...

I have had so many topics and ideas that I wanted to share come to me over the past months that I developed gridlock in my brain! (much like Interstate 25 ea...

A baby’s smile… My granddaughter is almost 3 months old and I’ve been blessed to watch her grow, both in person and through the wonders of Instagram and smar...

Words from an American President… For a subject worked and reworked so often in novels, motion pictures, and television, American Indians remain probably the...

“Thank You” I would like to thank the number of people that have visited the Denver Indian Center Facebook site and taken a moment to read the occasional pos...

The “color barrier” If you’re a baseball fan, or if you watched any professional baseball game on Monday, April 15th, you may have noticed that every player w...

A few words from our Co-Executive Director Rick Waters Springtime… Spring is here and we have all come to know and embrace this as a time for renewal, growth...

Take me out to the ball game… Despite watching the news reports of avalanches and winter storm warnings and not putting the snow shovel away just yet, baseba...

What are you doing here? Recently, a co-worker and I were distributing information about the Denver Indian Center at a local event and a frequently asked que...

Balance… What if I told you the left wing and the right wing belonged to the same bird…Obviously, I cannot talk politics but why does there seem to be so muc...

A new year… As we look forward to the opportunities and challenges that await us in serving the American Indian community this coming year, I feel it is impo...

Football… The National Football League (NFL) season is nearing the end and many of us are gearing up for the playoffs, while others are in consolation mode s...

Books and stories… Over the weekend I was blessed by spending time with my 2 year old grandson and it became apparent to me that his two favorite activities ...

Giving Thanks… On Saturday, the Denver Indian Center hosted its annual Thanksgiving Food Basket giveaway and provided 250 turkey dinners to the community. (M...

Warriors… It is a fact that American Indians have served, and continue to serve in the US military in greater numbers per capita than any other ethnic group,...

Your opinion counts… Everyone is welcome at the Denver Indian Center. Each day, people visit or contact the Center with a wide range of questions or issues a...

Sharing our Culture… This summer, I had the honor and privilege to attend the Yo-Yo Ma concert at Red Rocks Amphitheater. It was the first of 36 concerts he ...