book chapter

Native components of the White River Ute Indians

Ute Indians 1New YorkPublished 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
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).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Culture summary
Community structure
Community heads
Public welfare
History
Acculturation and culture contact
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
1799-1974
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
The concept of band has been indexed for the sujbect Community Structure (621)
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
74003335
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Ute Indians