Yoowetum

The Yoowetum, or Uinta-ats, were a Ute people of the Uinta Mountains and the country around the Strawberry River. Their homeland lay among mountain valleys and the broad basin to the east. They hunted game and used fishing and gathering places shared by Ute communities. As horses spread through the region, mounted hunters could pursue bison farther afield. In the early nineteenth century, the beaver trade brought new trading posts to rivers of the Uinta Basin.