“In order to have a future, we have to have a past.”
Terry Knight, Sr., Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
Ute Mountain Ute Elder, Former THPO, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
“We call ourselves Nuuchiu or Nuu’ciu, ‘the people’…We know who we are; we don’t need someone to tell us who we are or where we came from.”
Cassandra J. Atencio, Southern Ute Indian Tribe
Southern Ute Elder, Former THPO, Southern Ute Indian Tribe
“The Utes consider the air, the water, the view, all those things, the whole environment, as cultural resources.”
Betsy Chapoose, Ute Indian Tribe
Ute Indian Tribe Elder, Director of Cultural Rights and Protection, Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation
