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XIII. Appendix: update and links Update The Southern Utes live in south-western Colorado on two reservations: the Southern Ute and Ute Mountain. A number of Ute women still actively engage in bead work, producing items for their own use at festive social and ceremonial occasions, or for sale to other Indians and white visitors. Trading posts and arts and crafts shops in Durango and Cortez offer beaded cradles, dress items, and jewellery. At Ignacio the Southern Ute Indian Cultural Center has museum displays on Ute culture and history, and also has arts and crafts for sale. Near Towaoc on the Ute Mountain Reservation, the tribe operates a pottery-producing facility where Indian women paint machine-moulded pottery with designs adapted from their own and Anasazi-Pueblo traditions. Tours to prehistoric Anasazi sites are organized through the Ute Tribal Park. Nearby is Mesa Verde National Park, protecting one of the largest and most spectacular concentrations of prehistoric Indian towns in North America, and the main attraction for tourists in the Four Corners area where the states of Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico border each other. The nearby Anasazi Heritage Center of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in Dolores offers extensive interpretive exhibits, for all age groups, on the region's prehistory. Both the Southern Utes and Ute Mountain Utes operate a casino, with guest rooms available at the Sky Ute Lodge in Ignacio. In Montrose, the Ute Indian Museum has major exhibits on the Utes of Colorado. Chemehuevis live on the Colorado River and Fort Mohave Indian Reservations on the Colorado River in Arizona. Basketry from the Birdie Brown Collection is on display at the Colorado River Indian Tribes Museum near Parker, Arizona. Visitors are attracted to this desert region by the recreational opportunities afforded by the Colorado River, which are partially developed by the tribes. Hoover Dam is a major attraction in the Southern Paiute region, as is the Grand Canyon to the east of the area. The Nevada State Historical Society Museum in Reno has exhibits on the Native peoples of the state, including the Southern Paiutes, as does the Nevada State Museum in Las Vegas, and the Lost City Museum in Overton, Nevada. Las Vegas Paiutes live on the Moapa River Reservation near Moapa, and in a small community in Clark County near Las Vegas, where most are employed in the various branches of the casino and entertainment business. Links to other sites: museums Ute Indian Museum, Montrose, CO Links to other sites: tribes and reservations Ute Mountain Tribe, Towaoc, CO Links to other sites: history Chemehuevi | |
