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Capote Band Of Utes
The Southern Ute Indian Reservation (Ute dialect: Kapuuta-wa Moghwachi Núuchi-u) is a Native Americans in the United States, Native American Indian reservation, reservation in southwestern Colorado near the northern New Mexico state line. Its territory consists of land from three counties; in descending order of surface area they are La Plata County, Colorado, La Plata, Archuleta County, Colorado, Archuleta, and Montezuma County, Colorado, Montezuma Counties. The reservation has a land area of 1,058.785 sq mi (2,742.24 km²). Its largest communities are Ignacio, Colorado, Ignacio and Arboles, Colorado, Arboles. The only other community that is recognized as a separate place by the Census Bureau is the Census-designated place, CDP of Southern Ute, Colorado, Southern Ute, which lies just southeast of Ignacio. History Historic bands The Southern Ute tribes include the Muache, Capote, and the Weeminuche, the latter of which are at Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Ute Mountain. These tri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Reservation
An Indian reservation is an area of land held and governed by a federally recognized Native American tribal nation whose government is accountable to the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs and not to the state government in which it is located. Some of the country's 574 federally recognized tribes govern more than one of the 326 Indian reservations in the United States, while some share reservations, and others have no reservation at all. Historical piecemeal land allocations under the Dawes Act facilitated sales to non–Native Americans, resulting in some reservations becoming severely fragmented, with pieces of tribal and privately held land being treated as separate enclaves. This jumble of private and public real estate creates significant administrative, political and legal difficulties. The total area of all reservations is , approximately 2.3% of the total area of the United States and about the size of the state of Idaho. While most reservations are small c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
