From the Sands to the Mountain: Change and Persistence in a Southern Paiute Community

Shipek, Florence C.; Bunte, Pamela; Franklin, Robert J.

doi:10.2307/482460

Ethnohistory

1990

DOI: 10.2307/482460

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From the Sands to the Mountain: Change and Persistence in a Southern Paiute Community

Florence C. Shipek¹,

Pamela Bunte²,

Robert J. Franklin³

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“…Add to some of the authors already mentioned, Pamela A. Bunte and Robert J. Franklin, Michael Hittman, Martha C. Knack, and Ronald L. Holt, and one has the major historians and anthropologists writing about the Paiutes in parts of Utah, Arizona, and Nevada. 3 All of these diverse works are excellent and well written but do not fully connect or interpret some of the prominent symbols found in Ute culture. For example, Jorgensen is an expert on the Sun Dance and Hittman specializes in the Ghost Dance (1870s, late 1880s to early 1890s), but they give only a passing nod to the interrelated cultural symbols common to both practices.…”

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Circles, Trees, and Bears: Symbols of Power of the Weenuche Ute

McPherson

2012

American Indian Culture and Research Journal

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The Ute community of White Mesa, comprised of approximately 315 people, sits in the corner of southeastern Utah, eleven miles outside of Blanding. The residents, primarily of Weenuche Ute and Paiute ancestry, enjoy a cultural heritage that embraces elements from plains, mountain, and desert/Great Basin Indian culture. Among their religious practices are the Worship Dance, Ghost Dance, Sun Dance, and Bear Dance. Although each ceremony is unique, and performed for a variety of reasons, the common ground among them cannot be missed. Healing the sick, renewing necessities for survival, connecting spiritually with ancestors, communicating with the Land Beyond, establishing patterns for life, and sharing symbols that unify religious expression—such as the circle, tree, and bear—are elements that characterize the faith of these people as expressed in these ceremonies. Their origin sheds light on the relevance of these practices as they blend traditions from the past with contemporary usage. As symbols imbued with religious relevance, they make the intangible visible while continuing to teach and protect that which is important in Ute cultural survival. This article looks at these shared elements while offering new information about the origin and symbolism of the Ghost Dance as practiced in the Worship Dance. Circles, trees, bears, and other emblems provide not only themes from past teaching but empower the Ute universe today.

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