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Show Essay on the Sources 105 Young University, 1964; Wagner, Henry R., The Spanish Southwest, An Annotated Bibliography. Berkeley, California, 1924. (Same title, 2 Vols., Albuquerque: Quivira Society, 1937); Winther, Oscar Os-burn, The Trans-Mississippi West: A Guide to its Periodical Literature (1811-1938). Indiana University Publications, Social Sciences Series No. 3. Bloomington, 1942, and later revisions. Both Henry R. Wagner and Oscar O. Winther are of limited value to the study of Ute history; however, Tyler's work is indispensable. Although the publication is eight years old at this writing, it is still the essential reference list that must guide the scholar in this field. Thus far, this essay has followed familiar lines to historians and scholars. The sources are traditional and are known to most scholars. However, this book has an additional dimension, particularly in that section which is written by James Jefferson. This section is not based heavily on the sources named but relies instead on personal knowledge, conversations with a host of Indian people, the traditions of the reservation, and the kind of knowledge that grows out of being a member of the Southern Ute ethos. Some people have been particularly helpful to Mr. Jefferson, and helpful as well to the others who have worked on this book. We are indebted to Mr. Harry Richards, a venerable and knowledgeable, as well as beloved citizen of the Southern Ute Reservation; Mr. Julius Cloud, former Chairman of the Tribal Council, a respected leader and a man whose presence delights and encourages the Southern Utes; Mr. Bert Red; Mrs. Euterpe Taylor; and a large number of other gracious persons who were of great help. One of the unique facets of the production of this book was an effort to collect the records of the Southern Utes and place those records in a repository for the use of the tribe and the community. That collection is known as "The Southern Ute Archival Collection." It represents the first formalized attempt to place the records of an Indian tribe in the hands of the Tribal Council itself. As the research was being done, copies were made of treaties, agreements, administrative letters, scholarly theses and dissertations, maps, photographs, and other related records. These were bound into 34 volumes of documents and placed in the office of Chairman Leonard Burch. They are to be a source for development of additional curricu-lar materials, for legal research, for the benefit of those who are man- |