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Show 16. 'A.. ' i ' " ' r -Cf- Xi f ; - ' f X ' ' . " "' lit S f ' I f ? . .It'. A i Clerk at Ute Indians' Bottle Hollow Resort in eastern Utah shows Indian jewelry to young resort guest. Note unique architecture of one of the resort's motel buildings in the background. Bottle Hollow: New Resort Operated by Ute Indians BOTTLE HOWWOW RESORT Utah Today's American Indian In-dian is a far cry from the image conjured up by the old shoot-em-up movies. No longer is th e Indian equated with smokesignals and tomahawks, war drums and buffalo hunts, peace pipes, and painted, shrieking savages bearing down on the ever-present wagon train. ' Those days are far in the past. Still, the Indians have generally had a rough row to hoe over the years in their efforts to make their way in a white man's society. Pulling Pull-ing themselves up by their boo'str. . . er, moccasin straps hasn't been an easy task. That's why it's encouras-ing encouras-ing and refreshing to run across an enterprising bunch like the Ute Indians of the Uintah-Ouray Tribe in East-em East-em Utah. The Utes are a classic example of bootstrap-pull-up-ism. To be sure there are net very many of them about 1.650 on the entire reservation. reserva-tion. But those 1.650 are com piling an amazing record of enterprise and achievement-something achievement-something larger tribes, would do well to imitate. The Utes are operating their own motel, restaurant, gas station, gift shop, and resort re-sort recreational facilities, their own water system, a furniture factory, and cattla ranches. The goal of the Utes, say? Francis Wyasket tribal chairman, chair-man, is to completely eliminate elimin-ate unemployment in the tribe. "We're pretty close to that now," he points out with pride. One of the more intriguing1 aspects of the Utes' quest for independence and self respect re-spect is the fantastic new resortBottle re-sortBottle Hollow. Bottle Hollow Resort includes in-cludes a striking restaurant res-taurant complex with an attractive, at-tractive, modern "teepee" architectural theme throughout. through-out. The resort caters to the average tourist it's located1 on heavily traveled U. S. Highway 40 just 52 miles inside in-side the Utah - Colorado border bor-der but it takes special-aim special-aim at the hunter, the fisherman, fish-erman, the water sports' enthusiast, en-thusiast, and family, and just about anyone else who wants to have a unique experience. At Bottle Hollow you can hunt big game with a bona- ' fide Indian guide, run the white - water rapids, fish, boat and water-ski on the beautiful new Bottle Hollow . reservoir, see colorful and .authentic Indian dances, 'take breathtaking nature hikes,' ' swim, and eat buffalo steak. Buffalo steak? That's right! On the restaurant rest-aurant menu at Bottle Hollow Hol-low are buffalo steak (it's really quite good) and other exclusively Indian cuisine that make the visit a little . extra special. The resort employees are virtually all Indians. The Utes also manufactured most of the furnishings at their own furniture factory in nearby near-by Fort Duchesne. Visitors to Bottle Hollow in spring and summer can see the intriging Bear Dance and Sun Dance. These are serious ceremonies that are a part of the Indian's beliefs and cul-' ture. In contrast to the. danqes ' staged several ; times a week at the resort these ceremonies are straight. No. put ons. Bottle Hollow Resort . is' new. It opened its doors dur-i ing the summer of 1971. But it is' likely, to become one of the great resorts in the West.. At least those who have been' there agree that you can-have can-have one "heap big good time".- - |