book chapter
Aboriginal and historical groups of the Ute Indians of Utah: an analysis with supplement
Ute Indians 1 • New York • Published In 1974 • Pages: 25-103
By: Steward, Julian Haynes, United States. Indian Claims Commission.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document presents an historical reconstruction of Ute ethnography based on archaeological evidence, early historical accounts and inference (p. 99). The bulk of the data in the document deal with economic geography, aboriginal land use, social and political organization and the effects of the introduction of the horse on various social institutions, as viewed from the pre-horse and post-horse perspectives. Steward notes that in terms of political organization, especially in the pre-horse period, the Utes had no clearcut units. Villages were composed of loose aggregates of families, while anything larger involving multi-village groupings, lacked sufficient interest on the part of the people to warrant definitive organization. Because of this, the term 'band' used throughout this document cannot be used in any absolute sense. Its general political application here is to submission to the same authority in certain kinds of activities. Using this definition as a base, the author provides much descriptive information on the Ute 'bands' called the Uintah, Yampa, White River, Tabeguache (Uncompahgre), Timpanogots, Cumum-Bah (Weber Utes), Pahvant, San Pete, Fish and Sheberetch.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Community structure
- Community heads
- Identification
- Topography and geology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ute
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 1980
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1776-1974
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Utah and Colorado, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Julian H. Steward
- Defendants exhibition no. 12-12A, Indian Claims Commission docket no. 44-45
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74003335
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ute Indians