Krudwig, Vickie Leigh. Searching for Chipeta; the story of a Ute and her people.KRUDWIG, Vickie Leigh. Searching for Chipeta; the story of a Ute and her people. Fulcrum fulcrum: see lever. . 119p. illus, c2004. 1-55591-466-7. $12.95. JS Chipeta, who lived from 1843 to 1924, witnessed and suffered through the loss of the Ute lands in Colorado to an ever-greedier American government. In this fairly brief and somewhat romanticized biography, the author chronicles the struggles of Chipeta, her husband, Chief Ouray Chief Ouray (c. 1833–August 24, 1880) was a Native American leader of the Uncompahgre band of the Ute tribe of modern-day Utah and Colorado. Early life Ouray was born in New Mexico. , and the Ute tribe The Utes (/juːts/; "yoots") are an ethnically related group of American Indians now living primarily in Utah and Colorado. as their lands diminish and they lose control over their lives. The author's respect for her subject fills every page as, using historical documents and with the aid of Chipeta's great great grandson Noun 1. great grandson - a son of your grandson or granddaughter great grandchild - a child of your grandson or granddaughter , she traces the life of this now revered leader of the Tabeguache band of Utes. Since the tales of Chipeta are somewhat mixed with legend, the reader must check this historical account against others, but the overall picture of this tribe and the devastation faced at the hands of white Americans The term white American (often used interchangeably with "Caucasian American"[2] and within the United States simply "white"[3]) is an umbrella term that refers to people of European, Middle Eastern, and North African descent residing in the United States. holds true. There are some pictures of Chipeta and her husband, but no maps of the lands they lost or the reservations they were moved and removed to, nor any index to relocate material. Patricia Moore, Brookline, MA |
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