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The Uncompahgre Reservation (commonly called the Ouray Reservation) was created on January 5, 1882 by an executive order of President Chester A. Arthur. The two reservations were maintained by separate agencies until 1886, when the Bureau of Indian Affairs merged the administration into the Uintah and Ouray Agency at Fort Duchesne. [2]
Fort Duchesne / d uː ˈ ʃ eɪ n / is a census-designated place (CDP) in Uintah County, Utah, United States. The population was 714 at the 2010 census , an increase from the 2000 figure of 621. Fort Duchesne was originally a fort , established by the United States Army in 1886 and closed in 1912.
The Uintah Ute Executive Order was a key document in outlining agreements for the Ouray Reservation. Robert MacFeely wrote this executive order requesting President Grover Cleveland to establish an American military base on a Native American Reservation. This military base would ultimately end up becoming Fort Duchesne.
A significant portion of west Uintah County is taken up by the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation. [20] The Ute Tribe's headquarters is in Fort Duchesne. Much of the rest of the county is land owned by the Ashley National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management. There is relatively little private land in the county.
The elevation of the reservation varies from about 4,600 feet (1,400 m) along the San Juan River near Four Corners to about 9,977 feet (3,041 m) at the peak of the Ute Mountain. The reservation lands consist of Sleeping Ute Mountain, the Mancos River and canyons, a high mesas and semi-desert grassland. U.S. Highways 160 and 491 and State ...
The Uinta and Ouray Indian Reservation is the second-largest Indian Reservation in the US – covering over 4,500,000 acres (18,000 km 2) of land. [ 62 ] [ 63 ] Tribal owned lands only cover approximately 1.2 million acres (4,855 km 2 ) of surface land and 40,000 acres (160 km 2 ) of mineral-owned land within the 4 million acres (16,185 km 2 ...
Located near the Uintah/Ouray Indian Reservation headquarters of Fort Duchesne, Roosevelt is a multicultural and polyethnic community, with Caucasians and Native Americans being the most numerous. Roosevelt is situated in lands designated as the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation and there are many Pow-Wows and Indian Ceremonies held ...
Duchesne High school colors are blue and white; the mascot is the eagle. Duchesne High School sponsors a men's football team, men's and women's basketball teams, men's wrestling, women's volleyball, as well as a track and field team and cross country team. Duchesne added men's baseball in the 2017–18 school year.