Utes
Subtitle: The Mountain People
By: Jan Pettit ; introduction by Eddie Box.
Edition: Revised edition; Fourth printing
Publisher: Johnson Books
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9781555660659
Copyright date: 1990
Subjects: Ute Indians.
Description: Moving with the seasons, the Utes covered vast areas of Colorado and surrounding states. Summer would find the tribes in the high country of the Rockies. In the fall, attention turned to gathering food and supplies and preparing for the harsh season ahead. Winters were spent in the semi-arid country of northern New Mexico and Utah, trading with neighbors. Springtime would find the various groups heading back to the high country of the Rockies. The traditional Ute food gathering and hunting lifestyle brought the Utes into inevitable, tragic and absolute conflict with incoming settlers, soldiers, and miners, who wanted to divide up the Ute homeland into privately owned parcels. 

The heart of Ute history lies in the oral tradition and is slowly fading away. Utes: The Mountain People presents the rich panorama of Ute history, from the archaeological features of prehistoric Ute cultures to elements of present-day Ute culture. A wealth of rare and historic photographs of early Utes and important leaders, and an abundance of information on tepee culture, Ute artwork, stories, songs, dances, and religious ceremonies, hunting and horsemanship, wars, skirmishes, and treaties make this book a valuable resource for anyone interested in Native American cultures.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: label: Acknowledgments
title: v; label: Preface
title: vii; label: Introduction
title: ix; label: Chapter 1: In the Beginning
title: 1; label: Chapter 2: Tepee Culture
title: 11; label: Chapter 3: Ute Lifestyle
title: 27; label: Chapter 4: Traditions
title: 59; label: Chapter 5: Cultures in Conflict
title: 99; label: Chapter 6: The Reservation Years
title: 133; label: Chapter 7: Today's Utes
title: 151; label: Famous Names and Familiar Places
title: 160; label: Index
title: 169