UTE FILM & VIDEO ARCHIVE

IN THE BEGINNING

Larry Cesspooch, a tribal member, was raised in Fort Duchesne on the Uintah & Ouray Ute Reservation. He began his interest in photography with a point-and-shoot camera during elementary school, capturing memorable images. Larry contributed to his school newspaper and graduated from Union High School in 1969.

In January 1970, Mr. Cesspooch served as a Navy Radioman in the Vietnam War with Fleet Tactical Support Squadron Fifty (VRC-50). His air squadron operated C2A-Cargo Planes, transporting supplies from the Philippines to U.S. carriers stationed at Yankee Station, Danang, Vietnam.

Mr. Cesspooch received an early discharge to attend the Institute of American Indian Arts in 1973. During this time, he discovered the impact of filmmaking and continued his studies at the Anthropology Film Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1977.

He later returned home, where he repurposed old black-and-white video equipment found in tribal department closets to produce a short film (“Paneeka Vetsum Ahdut, LOOK AT THE UTE TRIBE”). This film was presented to the Tribal Business Committee and helped establish an Audio-Visual Department dedicated to preserving Ute culture, history, and language in 1979.

It became one of the first tribally run media production groups in the United States, dedicated to documenting, preserving, and sharing Ute culture, language, and history.

Over the decades, the program has produced more than 600 films focused on tribal life, oral histories, ceremonies, and cultural teachings. Today, it remains a central cultural media hub for the Ute Indian Tribe, continuing to support education, cultural preservation, and community storytelling Ute-Tube.org.

THE UTE INDIAN TRIBE AUDIO-VISUAL PRODUCTIONS (IN THE BEGINNING)

The black & white video was the first project to create the production company in 1979. Other projects show their development up to 1985. Short various clips of Ute culture and language.

47 MINS. RUNNING TIME

THE WICKIUP INVESTIGATION – 26:41 RUNNING TIME

Discover the rare and fragile “Wickiup” shelters that reveal the ways the Ute people lived and traveled across Colorado from prehistory to the present day.

EVERYTHING BEGINS FROM MOTHER EARTH 10 MINS

Clifford Duncan, Ute Indian Tribe Preservation Director explains how Mother Earth is alive with many layers of skin and rivers are it’s blood veins. All the past beings throughout history have created the layers. All things begin and return back to Mother Earth.

BLACK HAWK WAR – UTAH’S FORGOTTEN TRAGEDY

The Black Hawk War begin with the Battle Creek Massacre by Mormon militia near Pleasant Valley, Utah. Nooch, Ute Leader, Black Hawk fought against the taking of Noohtuveep Ute lands by the Brigham Young and his Mormon Settlers.

KBYU Discovery Road – UTAH BLACKHAWK WAR 59 mins.

In this edition of BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY TELEVISION Discovery Road, the Blackhawk War is examined. (WHITE VERSION)

Ute Wisdom, Language and Creation Story | Larry Cesspooch | TEDxYouth@ParkCity

Larry Cesspooch, Ute Storyteller shares the Ute Creation Story and other Native culture.

The Original Coloradans

28:14

Colorado Experience takes you through the history of the state’s original inhabitants: the Utes. Historians trace their origins from pre-colonial days and early interactions with American trappers and explorers through the escalating friction with new settlers and gold seekers, to their ultimate expulsion to reservations. The first Ute reservations were established in the 1860’s, and today the question of land rights remains a topic of dispute for the Ute nation. Discover how the Utes’ legacy continues to impact Colorado today.

“WHERE WE WERE, WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE ARE GOING”

33 MINS. RUNNING TIME

The 64 year story of Todd Elementary School, West Jr. High & now, Eagle View Middle School, Roosevelt, UT. Students, now teachers tell about their experience at all three schools and all the schools have gone through in those years.

UTE CREATION OF MOTHER EARTH & ANIMALS

SENAWAHV, CREATOR MAKES THE UNIVERSE, MOTHER EARTH & ANIMAL NATION. ARTWORK BY ANTONIO KANIP, AKG AJ KANIP.

5:02 RUNNING TIME

NOOH-DAT NOOCH, I AM UTE – THE CREATION OF THE UTE PEOPLE

Creator gathered sticks of all kinds to make human beings and placed them in his magic bag. Coyote watched Creator gather the sticks. When Creator went off to rest, Coyote cut the bag releasing all the people. Artwork: Antonio Kanip, Vivian Sireech Poowukee , Narration

KOOVAH NOOCHEW Ute Horse People

2014 THE YEAR OF THE HORSE – The Noohchew (Ute People) were the first to get the Mustang Horse from the Spaniards in the 1600’s. Produced for the Utah Museum of Natural History.

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UTE FILM & VIDEO ARCHIVE

IN THE BEGINNING

In January 1970, Mr. Cesspooch served as a Navy Radioman in the Vietnam War with Fleet Tactical Support Squadron Fifty (VRC-50). His air squadron operated C2A-Cargo Planes, transporting supplies from the Philippines to U.S. carriers stationed at Yankee Station, Danang, Vietnam.

Mr. Cesspooch received an early discharge to attend the Institute of American Indian Arts in 1973. During this time, he discovered the impact of filmmaking and continued his studies at the Anthropology Film Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1977.

It became one of the first tribally run media production groups in the United States, dedicated to documenting, preserving, and sharing Ute culture, language, and history.

THE UTE INDIAN TRIBE AUDIO-VISUAL PRODUCTIONS (IN THE BEGINNING)

The black & white video was the first project to create the production company in 1979. Other projects show their development up to 1985. Short various clips of Ute culture and language.

THE WICKIUP INVESTIGATION – 26:41 RUNNING TIME

Discover the rare and fragile “Wickiup” shelters that reveal the ways the Ute people lived and traveled across Colorado from prehistory to the present day.

EVERYTHING BEGINS FROM MOTHER EARTH 10 MINS

BLACK HAWK WAR – UTAH’S FORGOTTEN TRAGEDY

KBYU Discovery Road – UTAH BLACKHAWK WAR 59 mins.

In this edition of BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY TELEVISION Discovery Road, the Blackhawk War is examined. (WHITE VERSION)

Ute Wisdom, Language and Creation Story | Larry Cesspooch | TEDxYouth@ParkCity

Larry Cesspooch, Ute Storyteller shares the Ute Creation Story and other Native culture.

The Original Coloradans

28:14

“WHERE WE WERE, WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE ARE GOING”

33 MINS. RUNNING TIME

The 64 year story of Todd Elementary School, West Jr. High & now, Eagle View Middle School, Roosevelt, UT. Students, now teachers tell about their experience at all three schools and all the schools have gone through in those years.

UTE CREATION OF MOTHER EARTH & ANIMALS

SENAWAHV, CREATOR MAKES THE UNIVERSE, MOTHER EARTH & ANIMAL NATION. ARTWORK BY ANTONIO KANIP, AKG AJ KANIP.

5:02 RUNNING TIME

NOOH-DAT NOOCH, I AM UTE – THE CREATION OF THE UTE PEOPLE

Creator gathered sticks of all kinds to make human beings and placed them in his magic bag. Coyote watched Creator gather the sticks. When Creator went off to rest, Coyote cut the bag releasing all the people. Artwork: Antonio Kanip, Vivian Sireech Poowukee , Narration

KOOVAH NOOCHEW Ute Horse People

2014 THE YEAR OF THE HORSE – The Noohchew (Ute People) were the first to get the Mustang Horse from the Spaniards in the 1600’s. Produced for the Utah Museum of Natural History.

9:12 Running time

WE SHALL REMAIN – THE UTE

PART OF A DOCUMENTARY SERIES OF THE UTAH TRIBES. PRODUCED BY KUED CHANNEL 13 RUNNING TIME: 26:51

9:12 Running time

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UTE FILM & VIDEO ARCHIVE

IN THE BEGINNING

In January 1970, Mr. Cesspooch served as a Navy Radioman in the Vietnam War with Fleet Tactical Support Squadron Fifty (VRC-50). His air squadron operated C2A-Cargo Planes, transporting supplies from the Philippines to U.S. carriers stationed at Yankee Station, Danang, Vietnam.

Mr. Cesspooch received an early discharge to attend the Institute of American Indian Arts in 1973. During this time, he discovered the impact of filmmaking and continued his studies at the Anthropology Film Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1977.

It became one of the first tribally run media production groups in the United States, dedicated to documenting, preserving, and sharing Ute culture, language, and history.

THE UTE INDIAN TRIBE AUDIO-VISUAL PRODUCTIONS (IN THE BEGINNING)

The black & white video was the first project to create the production company in 1979. Other projects show their development up to 1985. Short various clips of Ute culture and language.

THE WICKIUP INVESTIGATION – 26:41 RUNNING TIME

Discover the rare and fragile “Wickiup” shelters that reveal the ways the Ute people lived and traveled across Colorado from prehistory to the present day.

EVERYTHING BEGINS FROM MOTHER EARTH 10 MINS

BLACK HAWK WAR – UTAH’S FORGOTTEN TRAGEDY

KBYU Discovery Road – UTAH BLACKHAWK WAR 59 mins.

In this edition of BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY TELEVISION Discovery Road, the Blackhawk War is examined. (WHITE VERSION)

Ute Wisdom, Language and Creation Story | Larry Cesspooch | TEDxYouth@ParkCity

Larry Cesspooch, Ute Storyteller shares the Ute Creation Story and other Native culture.

The Original Coloradans

28:14

“WHERE WE WERE, WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE ARE GOING”

33 MINS. RUNNING TIME

The 64 year story of Todd Elementary School, West Jr. High & now, Eagle View Middle School, Roosevelt, UT. Students, now teachers tell about their experience at all three schools and all the schools have gone through in those years.

UTE CREATION OF MOTHER EARTH & ANIMALS

SENAWAHV, CREATOR MAKES THE UNIVERSE, MOTHER EARTH & ANIMAL NATION. ARTWORK BY ANTONIO KANIP, AKG AJ KANIP.

5:02 RUNNING TIME

NOOH-DAT NOOCH, I AM UTE – THE CREATION OF THE UTE PEOPLE

Creator gathered sticks of all kinds to make human beings and placed them in his magic bag. Coyote watched Creator gather the sticks. When Creator went off to rest, Coyote cut the bag releasing all the people. Artwork: Antonio Kanip, Vivian Sireech Poowukee , Narration

KOOVAH NOOCHEW Ute Horse People

2014 THE YEAR OF THE HORSE – The Noohchew (Ute People) were the first to get the Mustang Horse from the Spaniards in the 1600’s. Produced for the Utah Museum of Natural History.

9:12 Running time

WE SHALL REMAIN – THE UTE

PART OF A DOCUMENTARY SERIES OF THE UTAH TRIBES. PRODUCED BY KUED CHANNEL 13 RUNNING TIME: 26:51

9:12 Running time

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