A publication of The Colorado Trust
Español Menu

People & Places

Raymond Baker, a member of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and Colorado’s first tribal registration and voting education coordinator, is pictured in the photo above on Oct. 16, 2024, in a field in Durango, Colo. Photo by Corey Robinson / Special to The Colorado Trust

Raymond Baker, a member of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, was hired in 2020 by the Colorado Secretary of State’s office to be the state’s first tribal registration and voting education coordinator. It was a temporary role that started just a couple of weeks before the election.

Baker knew how difficult it was to get information to this community because of its rural location, so he was excited to help distribute up-to-date, nonpartisan voting information to the two federally recognized tribal nations in Colorado, the Southern Ute and the Ute Mountain Ute. (Both are Colorado Trust grantees.)

Read the full article
Close