Show PROFESSOR VISITS UTE INDIANS c t 3 c J DESCRIBES TRIBAL DANCING Having Haing recently returned from Duchesne where he witnessed and participated d in the annual spring festival of the Uinta and White WhiteRiver WhiteRiver River Ute Indians Dr Julian H. H Steward of the anthropology department department department de de- de- de tells an story of customs among the most important important Important tant of the Great Basin tribes For an entire week the annual dance in honor of the Great Bear was held at White Rock every day from 2 p p. p m m. m to dusk In dancing dancing dancing ing said Dr Steward the women women women wo wo- men choose their male partners This makes it rather strenuous on the popular man who is compelled compell d to dance continuously for fe ur or five hours every aay ay White men are expected to pay for their dances I found it a rather expensive expensive expensive sive pastime to pay from ten to twenty five cents per dance If one dances often this amounts to quite a sizeable sum The dancing vh which ch is hardly is-hardly hardly more than walking back and forth is done to the accompaniment accompaniment- of a rather crude however orchestra orchestra orchestra or or- chestra consisting of several trained trained trained train train- ed ed singers and a sort of drum made by rubbing bones over over notched notched notch notch- ed stocks which which- make contact with witha a sheet of tin Everyone old and young dances The omen dress themselves in gaudy gingham and bright shawls while the men wear weal bright shirts beaded bandanas and extremely tall sombreros The celebration concludes with a a grand beef barbecue on the last Jast day Dr Steward brought back several several several sev sev- eral souvenirs of the occasion a amodel amodel amodel model tipi made by the Indians a woven rabbit skin cloak a sun sundance sundance sundance dance outfit consisting of a whistle whistle whistle whis whis- tle rattle several feathers and anda a fan a basketry water jug a abone abone abone bone scraper or flesher and a a sort of leather suitcase for carrying meat |