Ute Indian Tribe

United States Indigenous Peoples of the US Colorado New Mexico Utah Indians of Colorado Indians of New Mexico Indians of Utah Ute Indian Tribe

Guide to Ute Indian Tribe ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and other agency records.

Homeland: Utah, New Mexico and Colorado
Bands: Muache, Capote, Weeminuche, Uncompahgre (Taviwach), White River (Parusanuch and Yampa), Uintah, Timpanogots, Sanpits, and Moanunts
Bands in Colorado: Muache, Capote, Weeminuche, Uncompahgre, Parusanuch and Yampa
Bands in Utah: Uintah, Timpanogots, Pahvant, Sanpits and Moanunts.
Population: 1990: 7,273 (Northern Ute 2,650, Ute Mountain 1,264, Southern Ute 1,044 others off reservations)
Leaders: Walker, Ignacio, Ouray

Tribal Headquarters

Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah Ouray Reservation
P.O. Box 190
Ft. Duchesne, UT 84026
Phone: 1.435.722.5141
Fax: 1.435.722.2374

History

Brief Timeline

• 1598 Spanish trade began
• 1849 December 30,
• 1811: Fur trappers encounter the tribe
• 1821: Mexico gains independence from Spain
• 1821: Santa Fe Trail opens
• 1828: Fort Uncampahgre build on Gunnison River
• 1844: Fort Uncompahgre destroyed by the Utes.
• 1848: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican-American War
• 1853: Walker War
• 1859: Colorado Gold Rush begins
• 1860: Black Hawk War
• 1861: Uintah and Ouray Utes of Utah terminated, Tribal membership 490, Tribal land 211,430 acres
• 1863: Treaty
• 1868 March 2, at Washington,with the Tabaguache, Muache, Capote, Weeminuche, Yampa, Grand River and Uinta bands
• 1873: Weminuche, Mouache and Capote bands relocate to Pine River in southwestern Colorado. (today: Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Reservations)
• 1878: Ute Indians of Colorado relinquish their rights to 12 million acres of land.
• 1878: Removal of Ute and Apache Indians from the Cimarron Agency, New Mexico Territory to the Southern Ute Agency, Colorado, and the Mescalero Agency, New Mexico Territory.
• 1879: Meeker Massacre, Utes kill 13 U.S. soldiers and 10 agency officials (Meeker had plowed under the White River band's horse-racing tract.)
• 1895: Weminuche band moves to Southern Ute Reservation and become Ute Mountain
• 1896: Land allotments distributed to Southern Utes

Additional References

James Jefferson. The Southern Utes: A Tribal History. Ignacio, CO. Southern Ute Tribe.FHL Book 970.3 Ut2j

Reservations

Reservations are tracts of land set aside for occupation and use by American Indians

Southern Ute Reservation - Colorado- descendants of Muache and Capote bands

Ute Mountain Reservation - Colorado-Weeminuche

Uintah-Ouray Reservation - Utah -Uncompahgre (Taviwach), White River (Parusanuch and Yampa), Uintah, Timpanogots, Sanpits, and Moanunts

BIA Jurisdictions

Superintendency

Records for Superintendencies exist in the National Archives and copies of many of them are also available in other research facilities.

New Mexico Superintendency

Colorado Superintendency

Utah Superintendency

Agencies

The following Agencies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs had jurisdiction over all or part of the Ute Indians for the years indicated:

• Consolidated Ute -- Southern Ute
• Fort Lewis -- Southern Ute
• Navajo Springs -- Southern Ute
• Paiute
• Southern Ute -- Southern Ute
• Uintah Valley
• Uintah and Ouray -- Uncompahgre Ute Band, White River Band
• Ute Mountain -- Southern Ute

Records

The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:

• Allotment records
• Annuity rolls
• Census records
• Correspondence
• Health records
• Reports
• School census and records
• Vital records

Correspondence and Census

Tribe	Agency	Location of Original Records	Pre-1880 Correspondence M234 RG 75 Rolls 962 Roll Number	FHL Film Number	Post=1885 Census M595 RG 75 Rolls 693 Roll Number	FHL Film Number
Ute	Santa Fe Agency	Washington D.C.	Roll 767	-	-	-
Ute	Paiute Agency, 1926-39	Denver	-	-	Rolls 330-34	Films
Ute	Uintah and Ouray Agency, 1897-1952	Denver	-	-	Rolls 608-15, 628	Films
Ute, Consolidated	Consolidated Ute Agency, 1878-1952	Denver	-	-	Rolls 77-78, 628	Films
Moache Ute	Abiquiu and Cimarron Agencies, 1869-82	Denver	-	-	-	-
Ute, Southern	Southern and Consolidated Ute Agencies	Denver	-	-	Rolls 543-45, 628	-
Uintah Ute	Uintah and Ouray Agency, 1897-1952	Denver	-	-	Rolls 608-15	Films
Uncompahgre Ute	Uintah and Ouray Agencyies, 1897-1952	Denver	-	-	Rolls 608-12	Films
Ute, Wiminuche	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ute-Tabaquache	New Mexico Superintendency, to 1861	Washington D.C.	-	-	-	-

Enrollment

• 1954 Proposed rolls Full Blood and Mixed Blood of the Ute Tribe of Uintah and Ouray Reservation in Utah www.accessgenealogy.com
• Transcription: Proposed Membership Rolls of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation 1954. Vol. 9 No. 2 pages 11-34. FHL 907.1 J8255j
• Ute Mixed-Blood Final Roll, Fort Duchesne, UT. March 1, 1956. FHL film 1033685 item 6

Land Records

Uintah and Ouray Agency Land Division. 1953 FHL film 001762

Removal

Removal of Ute Indians in Colorado to Utah

Treaties

• 1849 December 30,
• 1863 October 7,with the Tabeguache Band
• 1868 March 2, at Washington,with the Tabaguache, Muache, Capote, Weeminuche, Yampa, Grand River and Uinta bands

Vital Records

Uintah and Ouray Agency, M595,

• Births and deaths 1924-1932, FHL film 583072

Consolidated Ute Agency, M595,

• Births and deaths 1924-1931, FHL film 575769
• Births and deaths 1931-1939, FHL film 575770

For Further Reading

See also American Indian For Further Reading.

• Constitution and By-laws of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation
• The Ute Indian Tribe Official Website
• Ute Tribe Wikipedia

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