Land area
Land of the Uintah Uta in Colorado, Nevada and Utah, recorded 1861 (area 432)
- 1861
Named in the record
The 1899 record: “Remainder of country claimed by them taken possession of by U. S. without formal purchase”
In the record
The rest of the land claimed by the Uintah Uta, taken by the United States in 1861 without any formal purchase; neither a treaty cession nor a reservation. The area covers about 25 million acres in what is now Colorado, Nevada and Utah.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources.
Shapes come from C. C. Royce’s 1899 maps as georeferenced by the US Forest Service. They are approximate and are not legal descriptions of land. Royce recorded land the United States treated as ceded; the shape does not show a nation’s territory.
Who is doing the work
Working with these nations
- Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition Nation government Tribal co-management and protection of Bears Ears National Monument Give on their site Website
Land return and Native-led work nearby
- Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes Nation government Seeking return of about 6,700 acres at Fort Reno
- Tule River Indian Tribe Nation government 17,030 acres (Yowlumne Hills) with tule elk reintroduction, Oct 2025
- Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California Nation government WélmeltiɁ Preserve (10,274 acres), held by the Waší·šiw Land Trust (tribal)
- Colorado Plateau Foundation Native-led Grants to Native-led organizations protecting Colorado Plateau lands, waters and cultures Give on their site Website
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
Gifts go straight to each organization; this atlas takes nothing. Listing is not endorsement: how organizations are listed.
Connections
Links marked “suggested” were matched automatically by name or date and have not yet been reviewed by a person.
Located in 3
Nations named for this land 1, matched by the Forest Service, under review
Sources
- Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1861-10-03primary record
- Royce’s map sheet: Arizona 1 (Library of Congress)primary record
- Royce’s map sheet: Utah 1 (Library of Congress)primary record
- Royce’s map sheet: Nevada (Library of Congress)primary record
- Royce’s map sheet: Colorado 1 (Library of Congress)primary record
- USDA Forest Service, Tribal Lands Ceded to the United States (digitized Royce maps)reference work
The record’s fields
- Area number in the 1899 record
- 432
- Dates in the 1899 record
- 1861-10-03
- Kind of instrument
- Executive order
- Peoples as named in the 1899 record
- Uintah Uta
- States
- CO; NV; UT
- Counties
- Carbon; Daggett; Duchesne; Emery; Garfield; Iron; Juab; Kane; Lincoln; Millard; Moffat; Piute; Sanpete; Sevier; Uintah; Utah; Wasatch; Washington; Wayne; White Pine
- Map sheets in the 1899 record
- Arizona 1; Utah 1; Nevada; Colorado 1
- Geometry
- Approximate shape from Royce’s 1899 maps
Research notes
geometry_role is 'cession' for every USFS feature: no field in the source distinguishes cessions from reservations.
- Kind
- Land area
- Confidence
- Medium