Ute Mountain Ute Tribe

Ute Mountain Reservation
Flag of Ute Mountain Reservation
Official seal of Ute Mountain Reservation
Location of the Ute Mountain Reservation
Location of the Ute Mountain Reservation
Constitution1940
Seat of GovernmentTowaoc, Colorado
Government
 • BodyTribal Administration Department
 • Chairman of the Tribal Administration DepartmentHarold Cuthair
Area
 • Total2,238 km2 (864 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total1,656
Time zoneMST/MDT
Website[1]

The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe /ˈjt/ (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.[1]

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