After a hushed room observed a traditional blessing from Terry Knight, a decorated Towaoc leader, U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd ...

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Leaders of the two federally-recognized tribes in Colorado spoke to the Legislature on Friday morning about the relationship ...

Standing before state lawmakers Friday, Councilwoman Marilynn House framed the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe’s future in critical ...

The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe has signed on to a lawsuit filed earlier this year alleging the state of Colorado is blocking the ability of Tribes to engage in online sports betting, a violation of the ...

Relations between the Ute tribes and Colorado is “a model for the rest of the country,” Southern Ute Chairman Melvin J. Baker told members of the 75th General Assembly during his ...

While the Waters Canyon fire burned Wednesday on 194 acres in the Ute Mountain Ute edge of Mesa Verde National Park, the tribe worked to suppress flames while watching for cultural heritage sites.

A federal judge has ruled it was not racist for state officials to suspend a land sale around eastern Utah’s Tabby Mountain — even though it expressly prevented the Ute Indian Tribe from buying back ...

Editor’s note: This story’s headline was updated to correct the name of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe. Members of Colorado’s two federally recognized tribal nations can access any of the 43 state ...

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Parents living on the Northern Ute reservation are coaching their children to memorize their tribal ID numbers in case they are stopped by immigration officers. Some say they are even using marker to ...