Word: ute
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...beginning of the sacred sun dance. Hundreds of Ute Indian families had gathered to watch it. With them was a small group of Harvard students, who kept one eye on the dancers and another on a group of Ute children--their charges at a summer camp run by the Ute tribe...
Taking the campers to the sun dance promoted one goal of the PBH volunteers. It encouraged the Ute children to have respect for themselves as Indians. "We wanted them not to think of Indian as a dirty word," said Stephen L. Bayne '64, director of the project last summer. "We wanted them to consider old Indian culture as something to be proud...
Despite this reversal and the problem presented by short attention spans and the flirting of the older Ute girls, Bayne and Goldberg consider the science program a success. "All the campers had the thrill of experimenting," Bayne noted, "and all of them had a chance to look at nature in a different...
...past two years, the Ute Tribal Council has paid room, board, transportation, and a salary. The leaders of the program expect the same arrangements this year. Although there are only six opportunities available now, PBH is concluding arrangements with other tribes in order to increase the number of students who may participate...
...Utes, generally considered one of the best organized Indian tribes in the country, particularly want a student researcher who will be able to examine the Ute language to discover which of its properties cause Ute-speaking children to have more trouble with English than most other foreign-speakers...