Affiliated Ute Citizens of the State of Utah

  Perspectives on Ute Ethnohistory In West Central Colorado Perspectives on Ute Ethnohistory in West Central Colorado is a scholarly ethnohistorical compilation that arises from the Ute Ethnohistory Project — a long-term collaborative effort among the Ute Indian tribes, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and professional cultural heritage researchers. Its purpose is to document the historical and cultural ties of Ute peoples to lands in west-central Colorado, and to integrate this Indigenous perspective into land-management and heritage protection practices on public lands.

  Report of Special Commissioners J. W. Powell and G. W. Ingalls on the Condition of the Ute Indians of Utah Report of Special Commissioners J. W. Powell and G. W. Ingalls on the Condition of the Ute, Pai-Ute, Go-si Ute, and Shoshone Indians, and Report Concerning Claims of Settlers in the Mo-a-pa Valley (1873) Authors: John Wesley Powell and George W. Ingalls Issued by: United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior Date: 1873 (published 1874) This official United States government report presents the findings of a federal commission tasked with investigating the condition of several Indigenous nations in the Intermountain West who, at the time, lived largely outside formal reservation systems. The report examines the Ute Indians of Utah; the Pai-Utes of Utah, northern Arizona, southern Nevada, and southeastern California; the Go-si Utes of Utah and Nevada; the Northwestern Shoshones of Idaho and Utah; and the Western Shoshones of Nevada. Powell and Ing...

  The Shoshonis: Sentinels of the Rockies by Virginia Cole Trenholm & Maurine Carley The Shoshonis: Sentinels of the Rockies is a comprehensive historical study of the Shoshone people, focusing on their cultural development, social organization, and interactions with Euro-American explorers, settlers, and the U.S. government. Placing the Shoshone within the broader context of the American West, Trenholm and Carley trace the tribe’s origins in the Great Basin and their eventual movement into the Rocky Mountains and Plains. The narrative foregrounds key figures such as Chief Washakie and explores how the Shoshone exercised political agency and navigated shifting power dynamics during the nineteenth century. Rather than emphasizing warfare alone, the work analyzes the profound cultural changes wrought by contact and conflict with white settlers and the U.S. state, documenting how the Shoshone served as literal and symbolic ‘sentinels’ of the Rockies. Richly illustrated and supple...

  Across the West: Human Population Movement and the Expansion of the Numa Across the West: Human Population Movement and the Expansion of the Numa examines one of the most significant questions in the prehistory of western North America: the origins, timing, and mechanisms behind the spread of Numic-speaking peoples across the Great Basin and surrounding regions. Edited by David B. Madsen and David E. Rhode, this interdisciplinary volume brings together leading scholars in archaeology, linguistics, and anthropology to explore patterns of human mobility, cultural change, and environmental adaptation. Through a series of regional case studies and theoretical essays, the contributors analyze archaeological evidence, linguistic distributions, subsistence strategies, and ecological contexts to assess competing models of population movement. Rather than advancing a single explanation, the volume highlights the complexity of the Numic Expansion and the methodological challenges involved...

   The Native American Indian Literacy Project The Native American Indian Literacy Project was the work of USOE Indian Education Specialist in 2006, Shirlee Silversmith, and a partnership between the Utah State Office of Education (currently the Utah State Board of Education) and the San Juan School District Media Center. The project included a series of books, lesson plans and histories that were created with the help of tribal elders and cultural consultants and are based on the oral traditional stories and history of their specific tribes. Funds for the original project came from the Utah State Office of Education. The original booklets were designed for printability ( Print Instructions ), and have been reformatted here for digital use. A big thank you to Brenda Beyal (Dine) and Lorna Loy (Dine) for updating these lesson plans and aligning them to current core standards. This update was funded by a partnership grant from the Utah Division of State ...