Preface -- Abbreviations of Ute grammatical terms -- PARTI. The Sinawav cycle -- He who created the people / Ralph N. Cloud -- He who created the people / Julius Cloud -- The origin of the people / Tony Tillohash (So. Paiute) -- The stealing of the fire / Julius Cloud -- Sinawav and the seven sisters / Mollie B. Cloud -- How Sinawav named the trees and bushes / Bertha B. Groves -- Sinawav the copycat / Harry Richards -- Sinawav the copycat / Mollie B. Cloud -- How Sinawav got his yellow eyes / Mollie B. Cloud -- Coyote deprives himself of his eyes / Charlie Mack (Uintah) -- Porcupine, buffalo-cow and Sinawav / Mollie B. Cloud -- Porcupine tricks Coyote / Charlie Mack (Uintah) -- Sinawav racing the birds and betting / Julius Cloud -- Sinawav burning his own house / Bertha B. Groves -- PART II. The Coyote cycle -- Hungry Coyote races Skunk for prairie-dogs / Mollie B. Cloud --

Hungry Coyote races Skunk for the prairie-dogs / Julius Cloud -- Hungry Coyote, Rabbit, and the white-man's chicken / Mollie B. Cloud -- Coyote and the rock children / Mollie B. Cloud -- Coyote cooks She-Bear's children / Mollie B. Cloud -- Coyote, Wolf and Horned-Toad / Mollie B. Cloud -- How Coyote and Bobcat got their shapes / Harry Richards -- PART III. Anger, vengeance and other pitfalls -- Rabbit getting mad / Mollie B. Cloud -- How angry Rabbit got his brown spots / Bertha B. Groves -- How the Pinyon Jays got their curse-name / Bertha B. Groves -- Bear runs away with Mountain-Lion's wife / Mollie B. Cloud -- PART IV. The ceremonial cycle -- The origin of the Beardance / Mollie B. Cloud -- How the Beardance used to be / Ralph N. Cloud -- The origin of the Sundance / Mollie B. Cloud -- PART V. Varia -- The last war party / Harry Richards -- News broadcast (KIUP-FM) / Martha B. Myore --

Speech at the Ute language committee / Ralph N. Cloud

Cloud family lore / Ralph N. Cloud

Speech at the Tri-Ute language meeting / Harvey Natchez (Uncompghre)

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