Ute Legends

Product Description

Ute elders say that Great Spirit created the Four-Leggeds (animals) first so that they could show Two-Leggeds (humans) how to “walk” on this earth.
In UTE LEGENDS Celinda Kaelin has delved deeply into the ancient animal stories of the Ute Nation to find all they can teach us. Native oral tradition is too often dismissed as irrelevant, even though at least one story passed down through the oral tradition, can be traced back over 1500 years. As Ute Legends shows us, these compelling stories teach everythign from how to build a fire to ancient aspects of actual history. No wonder the Elders told them over and over, insisting that the children learn them verbatim.

About the Author

Celinda Reynolds Kaelin is a poet, author, lecturer, and ethnohistorian who is privileged to work and study with indigenous Elders and spiritual leaders from over seventy First Nations. She is a member of the World Council of Elders, and has traveled extensively with these traditional spiritual Elders, performing Earth healing ceremonies in North and South America. Kaelin is the author of six books, including,
Journey Song: A spiritual Legacy of the American Indian (Four Directions, 1998),
Pikes Peak Backcountry (Caxton, 1999),
American Indians of the Pikes Peak Region (Arcadia, 2008), and
Ute Legends (Caxton, 2017).