1. Ute Tribe

2. What did you Learn?

3. Ute Beginnings
Creation Story

4. Ute Medicine Wheel Shows how all life is connected
Very significant in culture
Each direction represents life’s journey
Pray to the 4 directions

5. Ute Language Numic Uto-Aztecan
Refer to their own language as “the People’s speech”

6. Warrior Culture
Skilled Warriors
“Raid” culture
Very skilled Horsemen

7. Food Hunter Gatherers Eventually become farmers Seeds, berries, roots
Deer, Rabbits, Birds, and Fish
Eventually become farmers
Corn, beans, pumpkins, squash, potatoes

8. European Contact Spanish in the 1600s Horses Slave trade
Impact on trade and violence with other tribes

9. Ute People 5,000-10,000 people 3 reservation Uintah-Ouray
Southern Ute (Colorado)
Ute Mountain (Mostly in Colorado but goes into Utah and New Mexico)

10. Walker War/Blackhawk War
The Legacy of Blackhawk