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The Sleeping Ute Mountains viewed from ~20 miles east northeast. Readily recognized from many spots up to 50 miles (80 km) east or west (e.g. the Four Corners Monument and parts of Mesa Verde National Park), the profile is best seen from 15 to 25 miles (24 to 40 km) somewhat north of east of the mountains as in the accompanying photograph.
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]
Yucca House National Monument is located in the Montezuma Valley at the foot of Sleeping Ute Mountain, called "mountain with much yucca growing on it" by the Ute people, and inspiration for the name of the national monument. [3]
Northern Ute in Utah. Southern Ute in Colorado. Ute Mountain Ute Tribe in Colorado. Ysleta del Sur Pueblo in Texas. With 130 rooms, Spruce Tree House is thought to have housed 60 to 80 people ...
A way of life and sustenance for a small tribe in the high desert of southern Colorado is under threat by the Western drought, which has left a reservoir used
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. “More recently, as miners or settlers or other explorers came through the region, they were using the exact same footpaths that the ancient folks had created in many ...
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 Sleeping Warrior — the profile of Arran, [2] here seen from Bute. The Old Man of Hoy in Orkney is a rock pillar that from certain angles is said to resemble a standing man.