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 Ute (y  t, y`tē), Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Shoshonean group of the Uto-Aztecan branch of the Aztec-Tanoan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). In the early 19th cent. and her people. Fulcrum. 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, and the Ute tribe 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 The author's respect for her subject fills every page as, using historical documents and with the aid of Chipeta's great great grandson, she traces the life of this now revered leader of the Tabeguache band of Utes UTES - Unit Training Equipment Site. 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 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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