ETHNONYMS: Eutah, Utah, Utaw, Yuta
Kin Groups and Descent. No clans or other formal social units are known for the Ute. Residential units tended toward unranked matridemes. These units, which consisted of Several related families, were exogamous. Status within residential units was based on age, sex, and generation.
Kinship Terminology. Ute kin terms followed a skewed bifurcate collateral pattern.
JOEL C. JANETSKI