picked this book up in a Salida, Colorado bookstore, Chipeta lived some of her life near the town and I was interested to learn more about the Utes, because they were a powerful presence in southern Colorado.
She and her famous husband Ouray brokered many deals on behalf of the native tribes, Her life was an interesting one and she has a rightful place
as one of Colorado's most influential women, I genuinely tearedup at the end of this book, I suspect this book was written for school children, because it was very easy to read but it's a good primer on this wonderful woman's life, Excellent read. Well researched and adapted to a younger reader audience, I really enjoyed the story and the history involved, Our child picked this because she had to read a biography for school, At first she read it with that "I don't like homework" attitude, But about a third of the way through the book and after looking at lots of the pictures, she got into the story, By the end, she said it was very interesting and she was glad she picked it,
To read our full review, go to sitelinkthe Reading Tub, During a recent trip to Colorado, I became very interested in the Ute people since the cabin I was staying at had a number of Ute prayer trees on it.
I went in to Westcliffe to a farmer's market and purchased this book,
Chipeta was an amazing woman who worked her whole life to bring about peace between the Ute people and the white man that began appearing in their land.
This book made me feel bad for the Utes who were pushed out of their land to the land west of the Continental Divide in Colorado, and then when the white people wanted that mineral rich land, they were pushed further into the dry lands of Utah where they could hardly grow anything.
Promises the government made to them were not kept, people stole from them, hunted them down and killed some of them, All this would have made a person angry and bitter, however, Chipeta continued to work for peace, She is an honored person in history of Colorado and people still remember her, Chipeta was the wife, confidant, and advisor to Chief Ouray of the Tabeguache band of Ute Indians in the mountain regions of Colorado, After Ouray's death in, Chipeta continued as a leader of her people through times of challenge and hardship until her death in, Chipeta was respected as a wise woman by both Utes and nonIndian people,
Cynthia Becker is coauthor with David Smith of Chipeta: Queen of the Utes, and she brings the exhaustive research of that work to this Now You Know Bio of an inspirational Native American woman.
Chipeta never for a moment wavered in her loyalty to what she thought the right and from the first used all her influence for peace, . . She saw that war meant the murder of hundreds of whites and the extermination of her own people, . .
Margaret T. Adams, wife of Charles Adams, Los Pinos Indian Agent,