Show Ute Indians Hold Elaborate Sun Dance 4 4 J 3 9 I 4 j 2 j j 4 4 44 4 4 Strange Str ng Regalia R R eg li Brought B S To To Salt Sal LakeIn LakIn Lake Lak In the Ute Indian sun sun dance dance ceremonies an important part of the regalia is a white eagles eagle's wing waved back hack and forth over the body hody Ceremonial Cere tomahawks made DUde o of of- reindeer hide and gay tufts of feathers also are carried by each brave Miss Emily Warburton of the University Utah summer school displaying is the trophies brought back bank by Prof A. A A. A Kerr for the school museum i t rl Yf I r I It t J. J 1 I- I h S 1 iii Jk V v c i e i I U c 4 tT V r. r s st o. t- t Prof A. A A. A Kerr Brings Many l Trinkets From I Uintah Reservation o 0 Solemn ceremonies of ot the Ute Indian sun run danco dunco took place last week at tho the Uintah reservation These rites are arc engaged 11 In an annually when the Indians Indiana pray to tho the spirits for tho the health o othe of the community The Tho sun dance Is the tho great religious event of ot the Indian calendar a high light in the tho spiritual life of or of the tho community Prof Andrew A. A Kerr anthropology I Instructor at Harvard and fi field ld worker work work- er or for Cor th the the- University of Utah arch arch- department attended tho the ceremonies core core- monies I I havo have never hoard a Il moro more impressive prayer than that of or tho the old Indian medicine man said Mr Kerr Tho dance began bogan Monday Monda night anc and continued until Thursday noon Forty men danced all this time swaying with a a. wrapped ecstatic look 1001 on their thIr th lr faces without food or vat water r Not one dropped out of line The rite va was held In a circular corral about 40 feet teet In diameter At tho the center is ib a forked pole painted in bright colors about 20 O feet feel in height adorned with a o buffalos buffalo's but but- Labs falo's skull Th Tho dancers arc are themselves painted paint In varicolored huc hues 3 Soft SoU tufts of or feathers are fastened on their little fingers and in their hair White ea eagles eagles' en- en 1 gica les' les wings wing's aro are carried In their hands ns as part of the ceremonial costume The Tho women omen of ot the trIbe do not dance but ring In time timo to tho the swaying rhythm Drums Droms keep kc-cp time tim also Prizes Prize's aro given Glyen to tho most skillful dancer This year ear a man SO years of ot ago o was vas tho the winner As 9 a part of or the tho ceremony tho the ill members of or tho tribe r receive tho and invocations of or tho the medicine medicine medi medi- cine cute man lie rubs rub an eagles eagle's wing In Inthe Inthe inthe the dirt which Is b believed to be bo a 1 cleansing agent then rubs rub It over tho the I body of the afflicted Thon he lie scatters scatters scat scat- tors earth with it signifying the talIn taking takIng tak tal- In ing of pain from tho the body bod and flinging It a away The reverent attitude of oC the Indians is a revelation according to to Professor sor Kerr |