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The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe are descendants of the Weeminuche band [2] (Weminuche, Weemeenooch, Wiminuc, Guiguinuches) lived west of the Great Divide along the Dolores River of western Colorado, in the Abajo Mountains, in the Valley of the San Juan River its northern tributaries and in the San Juan Mountains including eastern Utah. [3]
Tribes seeking recognition must submit detailed petitions to the BIA's Office of Federal Acknowledgment. To be formally recognized as an Indian tribe, the US Congress can legislate recognition or a tribe can meet the seven criteria outlined by the Office of Federal Acknowledgment. These seven criteria are summarized as:
Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Multiple states: Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Nevada and Utah; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah
Towaoc is located east of Sleeping Ute Mountain, a sacred mountain of the Ute people, and northeast of the Four Corners Monument.. Old Towaoc, located at the base of Ute Mountain, is approximately 2 miles (3 km) west of US Highways 491-160, and includes various tribal and BIA governmental buildings and housing areas, including the tribal offices of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe.
The White Mesa Community of Utah (near Blanding) is part of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe but is largely autonomous. The Ute Mountain Utes are descendants of the Weeminuche band, [ 69 ] who moved to the western end of the Southern Ute Reservation in 1897.
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe (1 C, 2 P) ... Ute Mountain Ute Indian Reservation; Ute people; B. Battle at Fort Utah; Bears Ears National Monument; Black Hawk War (1865–1872)
Clashes of settlers, militias, and the U.S. army with the Ute and Jicarilla continued until 1872 when the army and militias forced the last of the Utes to move from the grant to their reservation. [14] In 1886 the U.S. established a reservation for the Jicarilla on the western boundary of the Tierra Amarilla Grant. [15] [16]
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe; T. Towaoc, Colorado This page was last edited on 10 January 2024, at 00:49 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...