essay
The southern Ute of Colorado
acculturation in seven american indian tribes • Gloucester, Mass. • Published In 1963 • Pages: 119-206
By: Opler, Marvin Kaufmann.
Abstract
This study--a reworking of the author's original Ph.D. dissertation from Columbia University--is an investigative analysis of the cultural dynamics involved in Southern Ute acculturation. It is based on accurately checked historical accounts '…and upon deep insight into the functioning culture at significant points within the time span observed'. To make the material more suitable for analysis the author has divided the document into three major sections, the first dealing with the aboriginal Ute in the period prior to the introduction of the horse, the second with the post-contact period up to the establishment of the reservations (during which period the horse became a significant acculturative element), and finally the modern Ute community, in the final phase of acculturation. In this final stage the author compares and contrasts two widely separated Southern Ute bands--the Ignacio Utes of the Southern Ute Reservation and the Weminutc band at Towaoc of the Ute Mountain Reservation--in terms of the degree to which their respective cultures have been affected by the acculturation process. How each of these bands, evolving from a common level of cultural inadequacy and discontent, have made their adjustment, is the subject matter of the final section of this work.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2019
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 1980
- Field Date
- 1936-1937
- Notes
- by Marvin K. Opler
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 40003756
- LCSH
- Ute Indians