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Show 46 The Intruders, 1550-1882 Thus, by 1882 the intruders had secured their takeover of Ute territory. The several Ute bands had been destroyed and/or consolidated as they were pushed off their lands. There were now six bands â€" Uintah, White River, Uncompahgre, Kapota, Moache, and Weeminuche. These became three groups â€" the Northern, Southern, and Ute Mountain Utes. The intruders now raised grain where chokecherries and squawberries had grown. They fed their livestock on grasses that had fed deer and buffalo. They cut down trees, diverted the streams, and fenced in the land. Now even the mountains were no longer protective refuges for the Ute People. Group of Cumumba (Weber) Ute women and child, 1868. These women are wearing dresses made of cloth rather than traditional tanned animal skin. Also their hair has been cut. (Photograph by Savage and Ottingerjrom the Smithsonian Institution National Anthropological Archives) |
