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plural Ute or Utes
: a member of an Indigenous people originally ranging through Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico
Note: Current-day members live as part of the federally recognized Ute Indian Tribe (Northern Ute) of the Uinta and Ouray Reservation of Northeastern Utah or the federally recognized Southern Ute Tribe of Colorado.
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: the Uto-Aztecan language of the Ute people
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Among those men and women are multiple Native Tribes who have long occupied the lands: the Shoshone, Paiute and Ute.
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Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Jan. 2025
The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe has over 2,000 members, while the Southern Ute Tribe is made up of around 1,400 members, according to their websites.
—Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2024
Evidence suggests humans have inhabited the region for at least 11,000 years, including the ancestors of the Eastern Shoshone, Ute, Apache and Comanche peoples.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
In 2018, an individual gave a couple acres of land back to the Ute Tribe just a few years after buying it.
—Joseph Lee, Vox, 26 Nov. 2024
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Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Jan. 2025
The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe has over 2,000 members, while the Southern Ute Tribe is made up of around 1,400 members, according to their websites.
—Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2024
Evidence suggests humans have inhabited the region for at least 11,000 years, including the ancestors of the Eastern Shoshone, Ute, Apache and Comanche peoples.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
In 2018, an individual gave a couple acres of land back to the Ute Tribe just a few years after buying it.
—Joseph Lee, Vox, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Ute.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ute. Accessed 10 Jan. 2025.
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