NOOCHEW DUSUP EVEVAY – WE ARE STILL HERE!
1800’s
THE UTE TRAIL, GARDEN OF THE GODS, COLORADO
1950’s
UTE PUBLICITY FOR TOURISUM. REX LAROSE, ROLAND MCCOOK, JASPER CUCH, JR, FRANK ARROWCHIS, ALFRED PARRIETT, RUBEN CESSPOOCH AND JOHNNY CESSPOOCH, UINTAH & OURAY, FT. DUCHESNE, UTAH
PRESENT
THE TRADITIONAL UTE BEAR DANCE SINGERS, FT. DUCHESNE, UTAH
Ute-Tube.org
The Ute Indian Tribe’s Main Source of Cultural Media
Preserving History and Celebrating Heritage
Ute-Tube.org serves as the Ute Indian Tribe’s primary repository of cultural media, encompassing digital history, photographs, films, and audio archives. This platform is dedicated to preserving the tribe’s rich heritage for future generations of the Noohchew, or Ute People.
Origins and Historical Significance
The Photo Archives preserves some of the oldest Ute photos came from various historical institutions and private collections, including the local photographer, Leo Throne’s Collection. Faye Jensen, a photographer from Salt Lake City took most of the Ute Indian Tribe’s early days. Faye came to work with the tribe when they established its Public Relations department and began publishing “The Ute Bulletin,” tribal newspaper in 1958. Maxine Natchez was the Editor for the new tribal paper. Maxine also did a weekly “Noopahsedanee, Ute News Program” on radio stations KVEL to KNEU one day a week.
Numerous Public Relations employees have contributed to this photographic legacy, capturing historical moments for the Ute Bulletin newspaper over the years. Plans for Ute-Tube.org are to include the digitization of the Ute Bulletin newspapers, further enriching the historical repository.
Looking Ahead
Ute-Tube.org is not just a platform for historical preservation; it is also a springboard for future generations to engage with the tribe’s heritage. With plans to include additional archives, such as the digitized editions of “The Ute Bulletin,” the site promises to deepen its role as a vital cultural hub. As technology evolves, Ute-Tube.org stands as a testament to the tribe’s commitment to preserving and celebrating its history and traditions.
MAPS
SHOSHONIAN LANGUAGE FAMILY,
UTE BANDS & OLD SPANISH MAPS INCLUDED EVERY MOUNTAIN
THE NORTHERN UTES OF UTAH
CLIFFORD DUNCAN, TRIBAL HISTORIAN
TAKEN FROM “A HISTORY OF UTAH’S AMERICAN INDIANS”
Edited by FORREST S. CUCH
CONTINUED ON HISTORY PAGE
PHOTO ARCHIVE
FORT DUCHESNE
ESTABLISHED AUGUST 20, 1887 BY MAJOR FREDERICK WILLIAM BENTEEN
MEANT TO BE ON THE DUCHESNE RIVER, BUT BUILT ON THE UINTA RIVER
FILM/VIDEO ARCHIVE
TALKING PICTURES ABOUT THE NOOHCHEW, UTE PEOPLE
“THE UTE BEAR DANCE STORY AS TOLD BY HENRY CESSPOOCH”
Oldest Bear Dance Chief Henry tells his Grandson, Skyler Lomahoftewa the Bear Dance story. Skyler succeeded Henry as the Randlett Bear Dance Chief today. Claymation, live & historical footage.
RUNNING TIME: 14:27
“THE UTES MUST GO”
THE history of the Utah & Colorado Ute Bands and lost of their lands. Part of the “How the West was Lost” series.
UTE INDIAN TRIBE AUDIO-VISUAL – DEBRA LINDER, PRIVATE LIVES, CH 2 KUTV
LARRY CESSPOOCH, UTE TRIBE AUDIO-VISUAL DIRECTOR SHARES WHAT HE IS PRODUCING TO PRESERVE THE UTE HISTORY, LANGUAGE & CULTURE.
“SPIRIT OF THE NUCHE”
Clifford Duncan, Ute Historian and Dr. Floyd O’Neil, Director of the American West Center tell the history of the Utah and Colorado Noohchew Ute People
54 mins. Running Time
AUDIO RECORDINGS ARCHIVE
Densmore began her work in Minnesota, observing and recording the cultures of the Dakota and Ojibwe, and then traveled across North America preserving the customs and traditions of many Native American tribes.
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HENRY WOPSOCK, TRIBAL ELDER
Henry shares his knowledge of life in Colorado before removal to Utah, history, culture and traditional songs. The recordings were donated by a couple in Salt Lake City.
ROYAL EXCUTIVE INN 4/7/1986
TRACK 1
TRACK 2
TRACK 3
TRACK 4
[audio src="https://ute-tube.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/HENRY-WOPSOCK-Track-4.mp3" /]
UPLOADED PHOTOS
AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE YOUR PHOTOS
Seasons of the Year
Creator made all living things with a Life Cycle, from seed or embryo to birth, to blossom, and to death.
We call her, Mother Earth because Creator takes earth and water to create all living things. She changes her blanket skins each season. Our Mother does not evolve around us, we evolve around her. That’s why our Noohchew, Ute People moved with the seasons as a matter of survival.
Tah-muhn – Spring is a new beginning, a new start for each year. A green blanket melts through the white blanket of snow. New babies are being born and stretch their new bodies to start their life process of natural growth. The Bears come out of their dens to seek food and medicines needed because it’s a new year, anew start. Like a newborn baby, the bear eats what it needs. The female bear appeared to a Ute hunter telling him to take her dance back to his people to celebrate surviving the winter and being reborn to accomplish our purpose in this life.
Tahchat – Summer turns the green blanket of blossoms into multi-colors of abundance and growth all the way up to the Mountains. That’s where the Noohchew – Ute People lived. Up where the air was clean and everything tops bathed in the warm summer sun.
Yoovunut – It’s harvest time. A time to rejoice in all the hard work put into creating and gathering the food. Just as things were born and continue to grow, others end their lives, because that’s the way the Creator intended it. Turning the green beautiful peak of life, they once were turning into yellow, then brown, their color fading,
Turmurt – The white blanket of winter snow covers Mother Earth, because as an Elder she is ready to rest. All the work to hunt and gather is what it all was for, this time when the food and preparation of wood feeds the fires to keep warm and for cooking all the food that was dried and stored away for this time. To use the fire as the only light outside of the sun.
BG DIPPER AND THE GALAXY map of the nighttime sky.
