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.”
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
- Report of the commission appointed under act of Congress approved April 23, 1873, to negotiate with the Ute Indians in Colorado territory
- Report of special commissioners J. W. Powell and G. W. Ingalls on the condition of the Ute Indians of Utah [and other tribes] 1874
- The Indian Question: Young Konkaput, the King of Utes 1889
- The Latest Phase of the Southern Ute Question 1895
- For the Relief of the Uintah and White River Tribes of Ute Indians of Utah June 2, 1926
- Uintah and White River Tribes of Ute Indians of Utah February 11, 1927
- Providing for the Use of the Tribal Funds of the Ute Indians of Utah August 1, 1951
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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