Ute Indian Museum
History museum in Montrose, Colorado
38°26′05″N 107°52′04″W / 38.4347°N 107.8677°W / 38.4347; -107.8677The Ute Indian Museum is a local history museum in Montrose, Colorado, United States.[1] It is administered by History Colorado (the Colorado Historical Society).
The museum presents the history of the Ute tribe of Native Americans. It was built in 1956 and expanded in 1998 and again in 2017. The museum building is located on the 8.65-acre (3.50 ha) homestead of Chief Ouray (c.1833–1880) and his wife, Chipeta (1843/4–1924). The grounds of the museum include the Chief Ouray Memorial Park, Chipeta's Crypt, and a native plants garden.
See also
References
- ^ "Ute Indian Museum". Colorado: Come to Life. Colorado Tourism Office. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
External links
- Ute Indian Museum - History Colorado
- Ute Indian Museum Virtual Field Trip - Hewit Institute for History and Social Science Education
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Ute people
- Native Americans in the United States
- Ute dialect
- Ute mythology
within contemporary
groups
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| Southern | |
| Ute Mountain | |
| Integrated with the Paiute |
religion
| Ceremonies and religion | |
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| Ancestral lands and trails |
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- Black Hawk (leader during the Black Hawk War)
- Buckskin Charley, also called Sapiah, (Ute chief)
- Chipeta (Ouray's wife and Ute delegate)
- Colorow (Ute chief)
- Chief Ignacio (Weeminuche band chief)
- Chief Jack House (last traditional chief)
- R. Carlos Nakai (flutist)
- Nicaagat (leader during Battle of Milk Creek)
- Chief Ouray (Uncompahgre band leader)
- Polk (Ute-Paiute chief)
- Posey (Ute-Paiute chief)
- Joseph Rael (dancer, author, and spiritualist)
- Sanpitch (Sanpete tribe chief)
- Raoul Trujillo (performer)
- Chief Walkara, also called Chief Walker (leader during the Walker War)
and conflicts
- American Indian Wars § West of the Mississippi (1811–1924)
- Ute Wars (1848–1923)
- Walker War (1853)
- Colorado War (1863–1865)
- Black Hawk War (1865–72)
- Meeker Massacre (1879)
- Southern Ute (Southwestern Colorado)
- Uintah and Ouray (Northern Ute Tribe, Utah)
- Ute Mountain Tribe (West-southwest Colorado)
