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Avant Horizon moves at a fast pace Durango, Colorado Currently Mon 1% chance of precipitation Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021 4:18 PM Toggle font size Escuchar en Español: Bryant Liggett Local band Avant Horizon formed out of a Bob Marley tune. Members of the local quintet, who are Ellie Ferguson on vocals, Andy Gent on keyboards, Tyler Kelley on guitar, and a rhythm section of James Mirabal on bass and drummer Evan Stambler, had been at one of the few open mic nights hosted at local bar the Starlight Lounge during the music-dry summer of 2020. Fer...

"Now we don't have to hide when we go up into the mountains," Gilbert Suazo said in a recent interview. "Now, we can freely go where we want to go on our lands and not have to worry about getting arrested or prosecuted." Suazo, a Taos Pueblo councilman and former tribal governor, said the joy of being able to practice his Native religion unencumbered by outside control was indescribable. It was a spiritual burden finally lifted 50 years ago, when he and his fellow tribal members conducted their first ceremonials after President Richard Nixon signed legislation in Washington D.C., returning th...