“This annual tradition warms not only our hearts but also helps brighten our community with some much-needed holiday cheer.” “I am tremendously proud to be able to give during the holiday season, especially when we are still impacted by the pandemic,” said Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Chairman Manuel Heart. What started originally as a humble way to help Ute Mountain tribal members has expanded into an annual distribution of thanksgiving meals to provide holiday cheer to others including tribal government workers who help the local community. More than 2,000 meals were prepared and packaged by UMC team members at a drive-up distribution of the seasonal meal. (November 23, 2021) – For the 2nd year in a row, Ute Mountain Casino Hotel (UMC) presented tribal members and government employees with a full thanksgiving dinner including all the side dishes to kick off the 2021 holiday season. The United States Census Bureau initially defined the Towaoc CDP for the 1990 United States Census.TOWAOC, Colo. The CDP is served by Montezuma-Cortez School District RE-1.ĭemographics Towaoc CDP, Colorado Year The Towaoc CDP has an area of 2,294 acres (9.284 km 2), all land. This includes the Ute Mountain Casino, Hotel & Resort, with a travel center (convenience store, food service, and fuel sales), campground, and the offices and shops for the Weeminuche Construction Authority (the Tribal construction company) and other facilities. In recent years, a small complex has been developed directly on US Highway 491–160 at the junction of the road into the original town. Old Towaoc, located at the base of Ute Mountain, is approximately 2 miles (3 km) west of US Highways 491- 160, and includes various tribal and BIA governmental buildings and housing areas, including the tribal offices of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. Towaoc is located east of Sleeping Ute Mountain, a sacred mountain of the Ute people, and northeast of the Four Corners Monument. At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Towaoc CDP was 1,120. The Towaoc post office has the ZIP Code 81334 ( post office boxes). Towaoc is a Census-designated place (CDP), a post office, and the capital of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe located on the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation in Montezuma County, Colorado, United States.

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