Faye Roberts
1 book in the catalogue, published 2001.
Faye Roberts is the author of Fragile Treaties, a novel about the removal of the Ute people from Colorado in the 1870s. Roberts has just the one book in our catalogue. We have not found a published biography of her, so we know her through the book and its subject.
About Faye Roberts
Our catalogue lists Fragile Treaties as a 2001 Western Reflections book, in the fiction category, with subject headings for the Ute Indians and the treatment of Indians. The Uintah County Heritage Museum's store listing describes it as a story told through Colonel Samuel Bodeen and his wife Chipeta, set at the time the Utes were forced out of Colorado despite three treaties.
Beyond that we could not confirm where Roberts lived, what else she wrote, or what led her to this subject. Rather than guess, we leave the biography at what the book shows.
What the books share
Fragile Treaties takes up one subject: two cultures wanting the same mountains in southwestern Colorado in the 1870s. The museum listing names broken promises, betrayal, greed and deceit, and also forgiveness and the bond between people of different cultures. The setting is the Ute homeland, and the treaties of the title are the agreements that, in the book's telling, were meant to protect it. It is historical fiction built around a documented episode.
The subjects this author is catalogued under. Open Library record.
Next steps for readers of this author
Learning from Ute sources first
When a novel touches a living people's history, it helps to read what that people says about itself. The Southern Ute museum's site is one place to start before you form a view of the 1870s.
Finding the author's other work
We list no other books by Roberts. If you are looking for more fiction about this era, browse the /library/ pages by category and region.
Go deeper
We know Faye Roberts only through Fragile Treaties, so the most useful resources are those about its subject: the Ute people and the end of their Colorado homelands in the 1870s.
Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum
A tribal museum in Ignacio. Its mission, according to its website, is to foster understanding of the Núuchi (Ute People) and their culture, language and history.
Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum → (opens in a new tab)
Chipeta
The Colorado Encyclopedia biography of Ouray's wife, a figure the book's setting shares with the historical record.
Brunot Agreement
An encyclopedia entry on the 1873 land cession and the tensions that led to the Utes' removal to Utah in 1881.
Colorado Encyclopedia: Brunot Agreement → (opens in a new tab)
Good to know
Has Faye Roberts written other books?
Is Fragile Treaties fiction?
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