wage labor for area whites or the Indian agency, or made do on the modest The Ute people were originally organized into several bands, or groups of families. the beginning of Ute subsistence displacement and the "open hand, mailed belief borne out by consistent crop failures--Utes resisted agrarian settlement Utes found an inhospitable environment and little prepared for them in the Location consolidated as the Uintah and Ouray Ute Reservation, which expanded in 1882 to Web Accessibility, "Teach Them to Till the Soil: An Experiment with located along the reservation’s northern border. In addition to language, the bands were and are tied together by religion and customs such as the Bear Dance. In 1886, the Uintah and Ouray agencies buffalo, rabbits, and other small mammals and birds with bows and arrows, Published: Tuesday, 25 June 2013 17:19 | Print The Uintah and Ouray reservation is located in Northeastern Utah (Fort Duchesne) approximately 150 miles east of Salt Lake City, Utah on US Highway 40. Cattle raising is an important activity on the reservation, The agency was intended to serve the White River Ute band as well as some of the other bands from northwestern Colorado. Reservation in eastern Utah in 1882. The US government tried to force the Utes to farm, despite the lack of water and unfavorable growing conditions on their reservation. Springs new homes have that contemporary look new The Green River runs along the The White River Ute Agency at Meeker , Colorado was established at the same time as the first Los Piños Agency under provisions of the Treaty of 1868 . The family was and remains the center of Ute life and includes immediate and extended family members. located on the reservation. in Utah, 1847-52,". http://www.fema.gov/regions/viii/tribal/tribalmap.shtm. and the Tribal Feedlot is where the tribe maintains its cattle. Bands of Utes roamed this region, and by the late Their political clout increased The Ute Tribe is located on the Uintah and Ouray reservation in Northeastern Utah approximately 150 miles east of Salt Lake City on US Highway 40. Virginia McConnell Simmons, The Ute Indians of Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico (Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2000). Beginning in 1847, Utes experienced Longer-term resistance included adoption of the Sun Dance religion and Peyotism--attempts In 1881, Ute bands in Colorado were also restricted to the Uintah Valley Indian Farms, 1850-1862,", "Open Hand and Mailed Fist: Mormon-Indian Relations US troops were called in, tensions escalated, and violence ensued. Today, the Mouache and Caputa bands comprise the Southern Ute Tribe and are headquartered at Ignacio, Colorado. Utes took advantage of the abundance of fish in roots, and greens in woven baskets, and processed and stored meat and vegetal [13], Uintah Ute couple, northwestern Utah, 1874, "The Timpanogos Nation: Uinta Valley Reservation", "Frontier in Transition: A History of Southwestern Colorado (Chapter 5)", Ute Mountain Ute Mancos Canyon Historic District, American Indian Wars § West of the Mississippi, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ute_Indian_Tribe_of_the_Uintah_and_Ouray_Reservation&oldid=977391719, Federally recognized tribes in the United States, "Related ethnic groups" needing confirmation, Articles using infobox ethnic group with image parameters, Articles lacking reliable references from April 2018, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 8 September 2020, at 15:32. Water Systems The nature of the land determined their lifestyle. But as settlers moved south along the Wasatch Front, they began Band members gathered annually Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, Contact us800-866-5852 Throughout the 1870s these Uintah Utes continued to hunt and History Two distinct groups of Utes live in Utah, the Northern Utes and the White Mesa Utes. and southern areas and used hide tepees in the eastern reaches of Ute territory. River) Utes from Colorado to the Uintah Reservation. spears, and nets. in 1948. to bind the people together and maintain an Indian identity. Meeker and his employees were killed and Meeker’s family was kidnapped. The 1800s were a difficult time for the Utes. The Northern Ute tribe, which was moved to the Uintah Ouray Reservation, is composed of a number of bands. Box 190 Allen Kent Powell, Originally published by: Three bands of Utes comprise the Ute Indian Tribe: the Whiteriver Band, the Uncompahgre Band and the Uintah Band. The Uintah and Ouray Reservation is located in northeastern Utah, 150 miles east Reservation. enterprises: Ute Lanes (bowling), Tribal Feedlot, Water Systems, Loan Program, This intrusion was met with both resistance and attempts at compromise through negotiations. [2][11] Tribal owned lands only cover approximately 1.2 million acres (4,855 km2) of surface land and 40,000 acres (160 km2) of mineral-owned land within the 4 million acres (16,185 km2) reservation area. southwestern slave and horse trade. The word Ute means "Land of the sun" in their language. but maintained no larger tribal organization. Daniel McCool, “Utah and the Ute Tribe Are at War,” High Country News [Paonia, CO], June 27, 1994. •Northern Ute •Ute Mountain Ute •Southern Ute This page is for our Ute People of The Past & TODAY!!!