2021-2024 Growing Ute Language Preservation Project. Brand new, never opened. Very limited book (these are both 1 of only 100 ever produced of each volume). Photographs from Anthony Two Moons. There are online-only versions you can peruse on the website https://www.growingute.org/project-growing-ute-living-language The Growing Ute Living Language Program is a “just in time” revitalization effort, working hand-in-hand with Tribal Elders to record and teach the Ute language and culture for future generations. Across the continent, Indigenous languages are going extinct, robbing communities of their ancient connection to ancestors, thought processes, and way of life. With just 20 living, fluent Elders remaining, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe has stepped in with dramatic and impactful language revitalization efforts. These books are part of that effort. Highly collectible, rare and sought after. There is one minor bump on the cover of the second volume (pictured above).