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Show wo The Southern Utes a model for research with other tribes of the southwestern part of the United States. For the period following the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, the 1949 unpublished Ph.D. dissertation of James Warren Covington, "Federal Relations Between Ute Indians and the United States Government, 1848-1900," Department of History, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, gives a good outline of events. Although this dissertation includes the other bands of Utes as well as those resident on the Southern Ute Reservation, it is still an excellent work which must be consulted for information on the Southern Utes. An additional unpublished dissertation which is useful and shows painstaking research is that of D. H. Cummins, "Social and Economic History of Southwestern Colorado," Department of History, University of Texas, 1951. Cummins is perhaps better in his description of the settlement by Anglo-Americans than he is in his handling of the history of the Ute Indians. An important Master's thesis in Southern Ute history is that of Gregory C. Thompson, "Southern Ute Lands, 1848-1899: The Creation of a Reservation," unpublished Master's thesis in History, University of Utah, 1971. This thesis surpasses any other work in demonstrating the forces imposing the changes upon the Southern Ute people. A local work which has merit is Helen Sloan Daniels' "The Ute Indians of Southwestern Colorado," 1941 (mimeographed). This compilation of source materials and examples of life styles and traits furthers the study of the Southern Utes. However, copies are difficult to obtain and inquiries should be addressed to the Durango Public Library, Durango, Colorado. A plethora of other theses and research papers are available. They are of differing value, and following are listed some which will be of use in varying aspects: Iden, Thomas L. "A History of the Ute Indian Cessions of Colorado." Unpublished Master's thesis, Western State College, Gunnison, Colorado, 1929. Jorgensen, Joseph G. "Ethnohistory and the Acculturation of the Northern Ute." Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of Indiana, 1964. Lawrence, Eleanor. "Trade in Spanish Horses on the Anglo-Spanish Border in North America." Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation3 University of California, Berkeley, 1931. Lloyd, John B. "The Uncompahgre Utes." Unpublished Master's thesis, Western State College, Gunnison, Colorado, 1932. |