book chapter

Native components of the White River Ute Indians

Ute Indians 1 • New York • Published In 1974 • Pages: 25-103

By: Steward, Julian Haynes, United States. Indian Claims Commission.

Abstract

In his previous work on the aboriginal and historic groups of Ute Indians of Utah (see 3: Steward, this collection), Steward found that his descriptive analysis of 'band' composition, habitat, and boundaries also involved the Ute Indians of northwestern Colorado. This document involves further supplementary research into the early historic documents on the latter groups, especially the White River Ute who consisted of the Yampa, Grand River, Tabeguache and Uintah bands, but does not include the Capote, Weminuche or Mouache. Each of these component units of the White River Ute is then discussed from the standpoint of location, cultural history, culture contacts, and leadership. As noted in 3: Steward, the Utes lack formal tribal organization and hence the term 'bands' were essentially '…for concerted actions for special purposes and rapidly dispersed only to reform under new leaders for different purposes' (p. 156).

HRAF PubDate

2000

Region

North America

Sub Region

Southwest and Basin

Document Type

book chapter

Evaluation

Creator Type

Ethnologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

Analyst

John Beierle; 1980

Field Date

no date

Coverage Date

1799-1974

Coverage Place

Utah and Colorado, United States

Notes

Julian H. Steward

The concept of band has been indexed for the sujbect Community Structure (621)

Includes bibliographical references

LCCN

74003335

LCSH

Ute Indians