Primary Source Spotlight: The Ute People

Background from the Southern Ute Indian Tribe website:

“The Ute people are the oldest residents of Colorado, inhabiting the mountains and vast areas of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Eastern Nevada, Northern New Mexico and Arizona. . . .Today, the Mouache and Caputa bands comprise the Southern Ute Tribe and are headquartered at Ignacio, Colorado. The Weenuchiu, now known as the Ute Mountain Utes are headquartered at Towaoc, Colorado. The Tabeguache, Grand, Yampa and Uintah bands comprise the Northern Ute Tribe located on the Uintah-Ouray reservation next to Fort Duchesne, Utah.”

Ute stereograph image set

More Ute images

Indian Group. Chief Ouray & Chipeta (Ute Tribe) 1880

Ute Indians camped at Belle Fourche, South Dakota c1906

Jno. Ayers, Chief of Weeminuche tribe of Ute [and] Miss Meleta Chavez 11/12/25

Dr. Marguerite and James Cantu of Colorado Springs, Colorado 2015-07-18

Texts related to the Ute People

Historical newspaper articles

Corporate charters, constitutions, and by-laws of Ute tribes

Federal regulations related to the Ute Tribe 1947 on

Contemporary federal legislation related to Ute tribes

Tribe websites

Ute Ethnobotany Garden at the Ute Indian Museum article

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