At the Denver Coliseum between March 25th and 27th
By Randy Beaudette
Gilpin County is located in an area on the eastern edge of the Mountain Ute Tribe territory. The Utes would leave their winter camps once a year for a holiday event called the Bear Dance. Usually in mid-March when the spring thunder rumbled, families came together for several days of celebration. The Bear Dance signified the waking-up of the bears from hibernation.
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