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Ancestral 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

The Ute Indian Tribe Official Website

History

Brief Timeline

1849 December 30,
1853: Walker War
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

Additional References to the History of the Tribe

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

Bureau of Indian Affairs Jurisdictions

Superintendency

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:

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	579740-579744\|Films
Ute	Uintah and Ouray Agency, 1897-1952	Denver	-	-	Rolls 608-15, 628	583067-583074\|Films
Ute, Consolidated	Consolidated Ute Agency, 1878-1952	Denver	-	-	Rolls 77-78, 628	575769-575770\|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	583067-583074\|Films
Uncompahgre Ute	Uintah and Ouray Agencyies, 1897-1952	Denver	-	-	Rolls 608-12	583067-583074\|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
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

Important Web Sites

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

References

Bibliography

Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives; Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1906 Available online.
Klein, Barry T., ed. Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian. Nyack, New York: Todd Publications, 2009. 10th ed. WorldCat 317923332; FHL book 970.1 R259e.
Malinowski, Sharon and Sheets, Anna, eds. The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Detroit: Gale Publishing, 1998. 4 volumes. Includes: Lists of Federally Recognized Tribes for U.S., Alaska, and Canada – pp. 513-529 Alphabetical Listing of Tribes, with reference to volume and page in this series Map of “Historic Locations of U.S. Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Canadian Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Mexican, Hawaiian and Caribbean Native Groups” Maps of “State and Federally Recognized U.S. Indian Reservations. WorldCat 37475188; FHL book 970.1 G131g.

Vol. 1 -- Northeast, Southeast, Caribbean

Vol. 2 -- Great Basin, Southwest, Middle America

Vol. 3 -- Arctic, Subarctic, Great Plains, Plateau

Vol. 4 -- California, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Islands

Sturtevant, William C. Handbook of North American Indians. 20 Vols., some not yet published. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978– .

Volume 1 -- Not yet published

Volume 2 -- Indians in Contemporary Society (pub. 2008) -- WorldCat 234303751

Volume 3 -- Environment, Origins, and Population (pub. 2006) -- WorldCat 255572371

Volume 4 -- History of Indian-White Relations (pub. 1988) -- WorldCat 19331914; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.4.

Volume 5 -- Arctic (pub. 1984) -- WorldCat 299653808; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.5.

Volume 6 -- Subarctic (pub. 1981) -- WorldCat 247493742; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.6.

Volume 7 -- Northwest Coast (pub. 1990) -- WorldCat 247493311

Volume 8 -- California (pub. 1978) -- WorldCat 13240086; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.8.

Volume 9 -- Southwest (pub. 1979) -- WorldCat 26140053; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.9.

Volume 10 -- Southwest (pub. 1983) -- WorldCat 301504096; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.10.

Volume 11 -- Great Basin (pub. 1986) -- WorldCat 256516416; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.11.

Volume 12 -- Plateau (pub. 1998) -- WorldCat 39401371; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.12.

Volume 13 -- Plains, 2 vols. (pub. 2001) -- WorldCat 48209643

Volume 14 -- Southeast (pub. 2004) -- WorldCat 254277176

Volume 15 -- Northwest (pub. 1978) -- WorldCat 356517503; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.15.

Volume 16 -- Not yet published

Volume 17 -- Languages (pub. 1996) -- WorldCat 43957746

Volume 18 -- Not yet published

Volume 19 -- Not yet published

Volume 20 -- Not yet published

Swanton John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 Available online.
Waldman, Carl. Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. New York, New York: Facts on File, 2006. 3rd ed. WorldCat 14718193; FHL book 970.1 W146e 2006.