The Ute Indians and Little Green Men

I'm very interested in what Native American people have to say about UFOS (being a Native myself and being fasinated by the subject of UFOs). I'm always looking for myths and folklore from Native Tribes about little green people and objects flying around in the air before the invention of airplanes. (Image: Star Beings" engraved thousands of years ago in Dry Fork Canyon, Utah)

So I was very pleased to find this information in Francis Densmore's book "Northern Ute Music", which was published in 1922.

"Concerning the source of his power, Pa'gitá said that he treated the sick under the tutelage of a " little green man" and that numerous other medicine men were under the same guidance, there being many of the little green men. He first saw the little green man when he was a boy of about 12 years and has seen him at intervals ever since.

The songs used in his treatment of the sick were received by him about three years previous to giving this information. At that time he was in the mountains and fell asleep. He then heard the little green man singing these songs and learned them in this manner.

Describing the "little green man," Pa'gitá indicated his height as about 2 feet, saying he was green from head to foot and carried a bow and arrows. In disposition he was "good to those he liked," and especially favored medicine men. He could hear those who spoke unkindly of him and "shot his arrow" into them. These "arrows" were removed by the medicine men, who were paid for the treatment.

Pa'gitá said that the little green man "came around only at night." If Pa'gitá wished to talk with the little green man he sat outdoors in the early morning before sunrise. He sat facing the east and smoked. No ceremonial act was connected with this and he had no drum or rattle, neither did he sing. Sometimes it was not even necessary for him to smoke in order to talk with the little green man. If he wished to make a present to the little green man he left it beside the "hole " which was the door of his dwelling. He was not obliged to give him a present after each successful treatment of the sick, but once in a while he gave him a handkerchief or other small gift.

The abodes of the little green men were said to look little chimneys and to be scattered through the mountains or any unsettled country. Those who pass such a dwelling and recognize it always throw a little branch of cedar or some other offering in front of it so the little man will not be angry with them.

Tradition says that one night some white people filled the door of a little green man's house with stones, but in the morning all the stones had been removed. Pa'gitá said: "The little man makes a fire at night, and you can see a little light. In the early morning you can see smoke coming out of his house."

Those who summoned Pa'gitá to treat a sick person brought with them a stick about 18 inches long, painted green and forked at the end. This was his particular token and he made one for the writer. When he reached the abode of the sick person he was directed by the little green man as to what he should do. He always questioned the sick person about what he had been doing, with a view to ascertaining the cause of his distress.... Pa'gitá said that throughout his treatments the little green man stayed outside the tent, and he could see him and hear what he said, every phase of the treatment being according to his direction."