In the years leading up to Colorado statehood, nearly all of the territory’s western half still belonged to the Ute people, who had inhabited the northern Colorado Plateau for centuries. An 1868 ...

The Ute Indian Tribe argued that it had compensable title over 1.5 million of its total 1.9 million acres in northeastern Utah because the federal government never sold the land.

In the years leading up to Colorado statehood, nearly all of the territory’s western half still belonged to the Ute people, ...

Baker presented his annual State of the Tribes address to the Colorado General Assembly. In his remarks, he called on the ...

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

Leaders of the two federally-recognized tribes in Colorado spoke to the Legislature on Friday morning about the relationship between state and tribal governments, as well as a desire to further ...

The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota said three of the four tribal members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis last week have been transferred to an ICE facility and called for ...

Despite the political tug-of-war over two majestic buttes, this corner of Utah is hallowed ground to the tribes and pueblos that continue to gather there.

Tribes across the West have worked with states to protect the Colorado River and conserve enough water to raise elevations in the river’s two largest reservoirs, Lakes Powell and Mead, a move that has ...

Tribal representatives speak on panel during 2025 Colorado River Water Users Association. (Left to Right) Jenny Dumas, water attorney for the Jicarilla Apache Nation, Jason Hauter, attorney for the ...