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Concepts of nature and power: environmental ethics of the Northern Ute

Environmental review9 (2)Published In 1985 • Pages: 150-170

By: Romeo, Stephanie.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discusses traditional Ute beliefs relating to water, land and other aspects of nature including wind, mountains, plants and wildlife. It shows that Ute ideology about the environment is in congruity with their religion which attributes nature with supernatural powers which could be acquired by religious practioners.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Ethnogeography
General character of religion
Cosmology
Environmental quality
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
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Anthropologist
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.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Teferi Abate Adem; 2006
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1982-1983
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1840-1983
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
Stephanie Romeo
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
78640718
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Ute Indians