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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 Uncompahgre Plateau (the highest land in the back) rising above Nucla, Colorado. The plateau is under the management of: [2] United States Forest Service Uncompahgre National Forest land 545,907 acres (2,209.21 km 2) (37%) Bureau of Land Management 545,280 acres (2,206.7 km 2) (37%)
Utes have lived in the Great Basin region for over 10,000 years. From 3000 BCE to around 500 BCE, they lived along the Gila River in Arizona.People of the Fremont culture lived to the north in western Colorado, but when drought struck in the 13th century, they joined the Utes in San Luis Valley, Colorado.
Flags of Wisconsin tribes in the Wisconsin state capitol. Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. [4] For Alaska Native tribes, see list of Alaska Native tribal entities.
Ouray (/ ˈ jʊər eɪ /, c. 1833 – August 20, 1880) was a Native American chief of the Tabeguache (Uncompahgre) band of the Ute tribe, then located in western Colorado. Because of his leadership ability, Ouray was acknowledged by the United States government as a chief of the Ute and he traveled to Washington, D.C. to negotiate for the ...
Uncompahgre can refer to several different geographic features, mainly within Colorado: Places. Uncompahgre Peak; Uncompahgre Plateau; Uncompahgre National Forest;