Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Mountain, family, spirit : arts and culture of the Ute Indians", held at the Taylor Museum, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, July 21-Dec. 31, 2000; the Anasazi Heritage Center, Dolores, Colo., Apr. 1-Sept. 30, 2001; the Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 30, 2001-Jan. 27, 2002; and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming, spring-summer 2002. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Ute creation story / told by Alden B. Naranjo and Monica Lujan -- Traditions and history of the Caputa and Muache Bands and the Southern Ute people today / Alden B. Naranjo -- Ute leaders of the past / Terry G. Knight, Sr. -- Traditional cosmology, ecology and language of the Ute Indians / James A. Goss -- Ute civilization in prehistory and the Spanish Colonial period / William Wroth -- The Ute Indians in southern Colorado since 1850 / Richard N. Ellis -- Great Basin affiliations of the Ute peoples of Colorado / Catherine S. Fowler -- An artistic style uniquely their own : basketry, parfleches and beaded clothing of the Ute people / Craig D. Bates -- Contemporary Ute crafts : revival and innovation / Cathy L. Wright.
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