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The southern Ute of Colorado
Acculturation in seven American Indian tribes • Gloucester, Mass. • Published In 1963 • Pages: 119-206
By: Opler, Marvin Kaufmann.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Community structure
- Public welfare
- Settlement patterns
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Political movements
- External relations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ute
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- 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
- essay
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary 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
- 1936-1937
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Marvin K. Opler
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 40003756
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ute Indians