Nation

Ute Mountain Ute Tribe

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Official name: Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
Recorded status: Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)
Region: Colorado

In the record

The atlas records 2 broken treaty promises involving Ute Mountain Ute Tribe: Ute: the 1868 Colorado reservation, Brunot (1873), the 1880 Act, 1881 removal, and Hagen v. Utah (1994) and Bears Ears National Monument (2016-2026): designation, reductions, restoration and the July 2026 action (context, not a treaty claim).

The records group it with Ute. This nation carries the history of Ute in the treaty record.

Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources. This is what the United States’ treaty record says, not the nation’s own account.

The record over time

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Names

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Who is doing the work

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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

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

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Connections

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Land recorded in this nation’s name 11, matched by the Forest Service, under review

Named in 2

Part of 1

Carries the treaty history of 1

Governed by 1

Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition

Includes 1

Sources

utemountainutetribe.com/unclassified
The Weenuche Band became the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe.
Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the BIA, 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026)primary record
Listed in 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026).
southernute-nsn.gov/history/reference work
The Weenuchiu, now known as the Ute Mountain Utes are headquartere

Research notes

Name as printed in V062.

Kind: Nation
Confidence: Medium
Nation review: Not yet reviewed by this nation

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