Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
Ute Mountain Reservation | |
|---|---|
Location of the Ute Mountain Reservation | |
| Constitution | 1940 |
| Seat of Government | Towaoc, Colorado |
| Government | |
| • Body | Tribal Administration Department |
| • Chairman of the Tribal Administration Department | Harold Cuthair |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,238 km2 (864 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,656 |
| Time zone | MST/MDT |
| Website | |
The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe /ˈjuːt/ (Ute dialect: Wʉgama Núuchi) is one of three federally recognized tribes of the Ute Nation, and are mostly descendants of the historic Weeminuche Band who moved to the Southern Ute reservation in 1897. Their reservation is headquartered at Towaoc, Colorado, on the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Reservation in southwestern Colorado, northwestern New Mexico and small sections of Utah.