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Show This report discusses the water and land based resources and sites of cultural significance to the Northern Ute of the Uintah- Ouray Reservation that may be impacted by planned water developments. Informed by current discussions of federal laws and regulations relative to the preservation and protection of American Indian cultural properties and religious sites ( Carroll 1993; Cushman 1993; Downer and Roberts 1993; Ferguson, Dongoske, Jenkins Yeats and Polingyouma 1993; Greiser and Greiser 1993; King 1993; Lee 1993; Levine and Merlan 1993; Othole and Anyon 1993; Sebastian 1993a, 1993b; Shull 1993; National Register Bulletin 38), the report documents known areas of cultural value to the Northern Utes based on information derived from ethnographic writings, historical sources, transcripts of Ute oral histories taken during 1960s and 1970s, and recent interviews with Northern Ute consultants. The report is organized into four sections. The first section covers general cultural and historical considerations that affect how sites and resources were valued by Utes in the past and how they are valued today. The second section provides a discussion of the valued resources and sites associated with each of the areas under planned impact. The third section provides an overview of the kinds of sources that were drawn upon for this report as well as a brief description of the Ute consultants interviewed. And finally, the fourth section is a detailed appendix of all resources and sites reported to have been used traditionally by the Utes. It is divided into five major subdivisions: 1) flora; 2) fauna; 3) lichens, clays, and soils; 4) sites of social significance; and 5) sites of spiritual significance. The appendix provides more detailed information on particular resources and sites reported for areas under potential impact, and it includes certain sensitive information not available for general public reading. I. CULTURAL AND HISTORIC CONSIDERATIONS Before describing specific details about locations to be affected by proposed water development, it is necessary to make some general remarks about the historic cultural context in which uses and values are assigned to particular geographic locales and their more general environs. This involves two kinds of discussions. First, it is necessary to identify some of the general cultural patterns by which lands and waterways have been valued and used by the Utes. And second, it is important to briefly delineate historic patterns of occupation and movement in the Uinta Basin that clarify both the differing and changing knowledge, use and values that |
