UTE (yoot)
1.
A Native American people Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico
2.
Name of The University of Utah's Athletic teams
Common
clues:
Bear Dance performer; Western Indian; Beehive State native;
Shoshonean;
University of Utah team; Salt Lake City student
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Ute
Bear Dance
The
Utes
are an ethnically
related group of American Indians now living primarily in Utah
and Colorado. There are three Ute tribal reservations: (1)
Uintah-Ouray in northeastern Utah (3,500 members), (2) Southern
Ute (1,300 members) and (3) Ute Mountain (2,000 members) —
both in southwestern Colorado. The name of the state of Utah was
derived from the word Ute.
Ute,
1878
The
native Ute language belongs to the Uto-Aztecan (Shoshone) family
of languages and is a dialect of Southern Numic. However, most
current Utes speak only English. Other American Indian groups
with native Shoshonean dialects include the Bannocks, Comanches,
Chemehuevi, Goshutes, Paiutes and Shoshones.
Prior
to the arrival of white settlers, the Utes occupied significant
portions of what are today eastern Utah, western Colorado and
parts of New Mexico and Wyoming. The Utes were never a unified
group; instead, the Utes consisted of numerous nomadic bands that
maintained close associations with other neighboring groups. Some
of the larger groups included the Moache, Capote, Uncompahgre,
White River, Uintah, Pahvant, Timanogots, San Pitch, Moanumts,
Sheberetch and Weeminuche. Unlike many other tribal groups in
this region, there is no tradition or evidence of migration to
the areas now known as Colorado and Utah — ancestors of the
Ute appear to have occupied this area for at least a thousand
years.
The
University
of Utah’s sports
teams are called the Utes. There are many "nicknames"
for the teams too, as for instance the basketball team is known
as the "Runnin' Utes", the football team before the
days of political correctness was known as "Runnin'
Redskins", and the gymnastics team is known as "the Red
Rocks". Utah participates in the NCAA's Division I (Division
I-A for football) as part of the Mountain West Conference. The
Utes have two major rivalries, both of which are in-state. They
meet their primary rivals, the BYU Cougars, in a game called the
"Holy War". Utah also battles Utah State University for
the Beehive Boot, a traveling trophy. The football program with
the best record in the state of Utah among in-state games keeps
the Beehive Boot. BYU has won the boot the most times, with Utah
second, and Utah State third.
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Tribe” and
“University
of Utah”.
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