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The Uncompahgre Ute (/ ˌ ʌ ŋ k ə m ˈ p ɑː ɡ r eɪ ˈ j uː t /) or ꞌAkaꞌ-páa-gharʉrʉ Núuchi (also: Ahkawa Pahgaha Nooch) is a band of the Ute, a Native American tribe located in the US states of Colorado and Utah. In the Ute language, uncompahgre means "rocks that make water red." [1] The band was formerly called the Tabeguache.
The tribe owns lands that total approximately 1.2 million acres (4,855 km 2) of surface land and 400,000 acres (1,600 km 2) of mineral-owned land within the 4 million acres (16,185 km 2) reservation area. [1] Other parts of the reservation are owned by non-Ute, as the tribe lost control of much of the land during the allotment process.
The Uncompahgre Ute Indians from central Colorado are one of the first documented groups of people in the world known to use the effect of mechanoluminescence. They used quartz crystals to generate light, likely hundreds of years before the modern world recognized the phenomenon.
The Tribe has a membership of more than three thousand individuals, with over half living on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation. [ 2 ] [ better source needed ] The Ute Indian Tribe operates its own tribal government and oversees approximately 1.3 million acres of trust land which contains significant oil and gas deposits.
Uncompahgre Complex, Ute: National, State: 58: Fourth of July Valley (Site ID 5BL120) Grand, near Tabernash: Paleo-Indian, Archaic: 7000 - 4000 BC: Campsite, kill site, possibly residential: James Allen, McKean cultures: 67: Fowlers Parrish (Site ID 5WL100) Weld, near Orchard: Paleo-Indian: Bison kill and maybe butchery site: Folsom culture: 76 ...
Uncompahgre can refer to several different geographic features, mainly within Colorado: Places. Uncompahgre Peak; Uncompahgre Plateau; Uncompahgre National Forest;
Uncompahgre National Forest (red) location in Colorado. The Uncompahgre Plateau [1] in western Colorado is a distinctive large uplift part of the Colorado Plateau. Uncompahgre is a Ute word that describes the water: "Dirty Water" or "Rocks that make Water Red".
Uncompahgre National Forest is a U.S. National Forest covering 955,229 acres (1,492.55 sq mi, or 3,865.68 km 2) [1] in (in descending order of land area) parts of Montrose, Mesa, San Miguel, Ouray, Gunnison, Hinsdale, San Juan, and Delta Counties in western Colorado. Its headquarters are in Delta County, in the city of Delta.