There were originally seven Ute tribes located in and around the Rocky Mountains. These were the Uintah, Yampa, Grand River, Tabaguache, Mouache, the Capote, and the Weeminuche. These tribes were scattered over an area of 150,000 square miles.

The Ute built cone-shaped houses of brush, reeds, and grasses and teepees of buffalo skins. The Utes were both forest dwellers as well as nomadic desert people. The forest dwelling Utes lived on wild game and fish, whereas the desert Utes would travel to find their food and resources. They hunted animals like antelope, buffalo, elk and other deer. Women gathered berries, nuts, roots, and seeds with baskets that they would weave themselves.

The language that the Ute spoke was a language shared by most of the Great Basin tribes. They spoke

Eventually, Mormons settled in with the Ute Indians. They pressured the Southern Utes to adopt a more agrarian lifestyle. The Northern Utes, however resisted the farming way of life. They felt that it was stupid to stay in one place. The Mormons, however, continued to settle down on more and more of their land. The Northern Utes started a series of raids against Mormon settlers. This led to what has become known as the Walker War. This war was fought during 1853 and 1854. In 1869 the defeated Northern Utes were forced onto the Uintah Valley Reservation.

The Utes are very religious. They practice an animalistic type of worship. The major events of their spiritual calendar are the Bear Dance, which is held annually in the springtime and The Sun Dance, which is held annually in the middle of summer. This ceremony involves a four day fast, during which the participant is housed inside the Sundance Lodge. The participant undergoes a quest for spiritual power that involves some physically challenging tasks. If he is successful in going

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