CREATED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
Ute-Tube.org was created to preserve our Ute history, photos and films for our future generations, the Ute Indian People and to share understanding with the general public.
2018 – Former Ute Public Relations Directors, Robert Colorow and Kermit Wopsock, Ronee Wopsock, Ute Tribe Education Director, and Larry Cesspooch, UteTube.com Project Director. The group met with the Ute Tribe Business Committee to get the project approved. Betsy Chapoose, Director of Ute Tribe Cultural Rights & Protection was unable to attend.
DR. FLOYD O’NEIL – 1927-2018
DR. O’NEIL WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN WEST CENTER HELPED MAKE UTE-TUBE.ORG A REALITY. FLOYD GREW UP ON THE UTE RESERVATION. IT WAS ONE OF HIS LAST PRIORITIES.
AMERICAN WEST CENTER STAFF ASSISTED WITH THE INITIAL GRANT TO GET THE WEBSITE OFF THE GROUND. DR. GREG SMOAK, PRESENT DIRECTOR AND LEIGHTON QUARLES, GRANT WRITER.
THE UTE TRIBE BUSINESS COMMITTEE APPROVES THE UTETUBE PROJECT
Ronee Wopsock, Ute Indian Tribe Education Director and UteTube.com original Project Manager, follows the Business Committee in signing the grant application to the Utah State Historical Records Advisory Board.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The UTE INDIAN TRIBE:
The Ute Indian Tribe Business Committee, Shaun Chapoose, Chairman, Ed Secakuku, Vice Chairman, Other Business Committee Members, Cummings Vander Hoop, Ron Wopsock , Tony Small & Bruce Ignacio
Ronee K. Wopsock Pawwinnee, Ute Education Director & UteTube Project Manager
Blaine Homer, Ute Tribe Internet Technology digitized the ¾ inch Ute Audio-Visual tapes to DVD format. The DVD’s have since been in Audio-Visual portion of the Ute Public Relations
Kermit Wopsock and Robert Colorow, Former Public Relations Directors, Mariah Cuch, Former Public Relations, Audio-Visual Director (Digitized Videos)Jackie Tapoof, Former Audio-Visual Staff
UTERO EDUCATION FUNDS – Robert Ridley, UTERO Director & UTERO Board matched the initial grant from the Utah State Archives
Antonio Arce, Former Ute Tribe Education Director
Urshel Tohannie, Past Assistant Audio-Visual DirectorJohn Martin, Past Ute Bulletin StaffJerry Jenks, First Audio-Visual Staff
American West Center, University of Utah, Dr. Floyd A. O’Neil, DirectorDr. Gregory E. Smoak, Director, Associate Professor of HistoryLeighton M. Quarles, Assistant Director,
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, Dr. Gregory C. Thompson, Associate Dean for Special Collections
Utah State Historical Records Advisory Board, Janell Tuttle, Executive Secretary
The Ute Tribe Business Committee approved the website eight years ago. That first year, we received a grant from the Utah Archives.
When the grant ran out , the Covid virus hit and most of what was in the grant didn’t happen.
Daniela Larsen, Director (at the time) of the Hutchinson Museum in Lehi, Utah helped with website development and hosted the website on the museum’s server. Leadership changes happened at the Hutchinson Museum that caused our initial UteTube website was locked up in legalities with Daniela.
2024 DONATION FROM UDES
Ute-Tube.org is grateful to UDES for their donation to maintain the Ute Indian Tribe’s presence on the internet.
SHAWN PIKE, PUBLIC RELATIONS FOR UDES
MEETINGS WITH UTE TRIBAL SENIORS TO IDENTIFY OLD PHOTOS
Terry Appah, Elaine Atwine Lee, Helen Wash and Fabian Jenks
Gladys Pawwinee, Roxy, Douglas & Terry Appah, Dena Penningjack, Sonya Wopsock, Helen Wash was the one that attentioned all the identification of the photos.
Glayds Pawwinnee, Catherine Knight Ridley, Steven Ridley, Fabian Jenks, UVUS Project, Helen Wash, Judy Knight and Jimmy Murray.
