Land area
Land of the Uta (Muncho, Capote, Wiminuehi bands) in Colorado, ceded 1882 (area 609)
- 1878
Named in the record
The 1899 record: “U. S. agree to set apart a reservation for them on San Juan river in Colorado”
- 1879
Set aside as a reservation
The 1899 record: “President sets apart a reservation for them in compliance with agreement of Nov. 9, 1878”
- 1882
Taken back by the United States
The 1899 record: “President restores to public domain tract set apart by Executive order of Feb. 7, 1879”
In the record
Promised to the Muache, Capote and Wiminuche Uta on the San Juan River in an 1878 agreement that was never ratified, set apart in 1879, and returned to the public domain in 1882. The area covers about 755 thousand acres in what is now Colorado.
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
This history belongs to living nations. Start with them:
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
- Colorado Plateau Foundation Native-led Grants to Native-led organizations protecting Colorado Plateau lands, waters and cultures Give on their site Website
- Right Relationship Boulder (Land Group) Native-led Funds tribal youth camps and gatherings, plant-gathering access, trail content with tribes, pushes for tribal… 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.
Nations named for this land 3, matched by the Forest Service, under review
- Mexicosuggested
- Southern Ute Indian Tribesuggested
- Ute Mountain Ute Tribesuggested
Located in 1
Sources
- Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1878-11-09primary record
- Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1879-02-07primary record
- Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1882-08-04primary record
- Royce’s map sheet: Colorado 2 (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
- 609
- Dates in the 1899 record
- 1878-11-09; 1879-02-07; 1882-08-04
- Kind of instrument
- Executive order
- Peoples as named in the 1899 record
- Uta (Muncho, Capote, Wiminuehi bands)
- States
- CO
- Counties
- Archuleta; Conejos; Hinsdale; Mineral; Rio Grande
- Map sheets in the 1899 record
- Colorado 2
- 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.
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