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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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For the Southern Ute, the crossings fit in with the cultural importance of being stewards of the land, said Andrew Gallegos, a member of the Tribal Council.
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Catrin Einhorn, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2025
Stretching more than 1,000 feet deep into the Earth, the Mother Spring was first discovered by the Southern Ute Nation, the area’s original inhabitants.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2025
Mesa Verde National Park is near Cortez, just north of the Ute Mountain Reservation and about 30 miles west of Durango.
—Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 4 Mar. 2025
Though it was first discovered by the Southern Ute Tribe centuries ago, this site has been home to a more European-style bathhouse since 1881.
—Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 28 Feb. 2025
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Catrin Einhorn, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2025
Stretching more than 1,000 feet deep into the Earth, the Mother Spring was first discovered by the Southern Ute Nation, the area’s original inhabitants.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2025
Mesa Verde National Park is near Cortez, just north of the Ute Mountain Reservation and about 30 miles west of Durango.
—Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 4 Mar. 2025
Though it was first discovered by the Southern Ute Tribe centuries ago, this site has been home to a more European-style bathhouse since 1881.
—Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Ute.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ute. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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