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=Culture of the Utes =

Origin of the Ute Tribe

Family, Politics, and Language

Ute Art and Artifacts 

**THERE WAS A GREAT INDIAN WARRIOR GOD MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. HE CAME TO FIGHT AGAINST THE EVIL ONES WHO WERE CAUSING MUCH TROUBLE FOR THE UTE INDIAN NATION.**   **THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS BATTLE BETWEEN THE GREAT WARRIOR GOD AND THE EVIL ONES. THEY STEPPED HARD UPON THE EARTH AND BRACED THEMSELVES TO FIGHT. THEIR FEET PUSHED UP THE LAND INTO MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS. THE RAGING BATTLE LASTED **  **UNTIL THE GREAT WARRIOR GOD WAS WOUNDED. ** **HE LAY DOWN TO REST AND FELL INTO A DEEP SLEEP. HE TURNED HIS HEAD TO WATCH THE PEACEFUL SUNSET ON THE WESTERN HORIZON. HIS ARMS WERE CROSSED OVER HIS CHEST **

**THE BLOOD FROM HIS WOUND SEEPED OUT AND ONTO THE EARTH, TURNING INTO LIVING WATER FOR ALL CREATURES TO DRINK. WHEN FOG OR CLOUDS SETTLE OVER THE SLEEPING WARRIOR GOD, IT IS A SIGN THAT HE IS**   **CHANGING HIS BLANKETS FOR THE FOUR SEASONS**.  THE DARK GREEN BLANKET IS SUMMER, THE YELLOW AND RED ONE IS FALL, AND THE** **WHITE BLANKET IS WINTER.**
 * WHEN THE INDIANS SEE THE LIGHT GREEN BLANKET OVER THEIR WARRIOR GOD, THEY KNOW IT IS SPRING.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">**<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: left;">THE MOON AND VENUS LINE UP OVER THE SLEEPING UTE. ** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',adobe-times,Times; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;">**<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: left;">THE INDIANS BELIEVE THAT WHEN THE CLOUDS GATHER ON THE HIGHEST PEAK (HIS CROSSED ARMS), THE WARRIOR GOD IS PLEASED WITH HIS PEOPLE AND IS LETTING RAIN CLOUDS SLIP FROM HIS POCKETS. ** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',adobe-times,Times; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">**<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: left;">THEY ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE GREAT WARRIOR GOD WILL RISE AGAIN TO ** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: left;">**HELP THEM FIGHT AGAINST ENEMIES**. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;">