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Historical Geography Of The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Of Indians, Eloise Wilson

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The purpose of this study is to analyze the physical and cultural relationships which does nOW and has existed between the Ute Mountain Utes, presently located in southwestern Colorado , and their land base through time . This is especially interesting in relation to the Ute Mountain Utes as they originally were considered to be one of the most poorly endowed of the American Indians, but through a series of fortuitous events closely related to their land they are now considered to be the second wealthiest Indian tribe in the United States (Dutton, 1965, p . 6?) .

This paper …