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Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado

Lands ceded to the United States by treaty, law or executive order, 1864–1882, as Charles C. Royce recorded them in 1899 — 76,912 km² in 10 cessions across Colorado, Utah.

A cession records when the United States took title — not the full extent of a homeland, and much land was taken without any treaty. The link between each cession and present-day nations is the one the U.S. Forest Service and the National NAGPRA Program’s dataset records; the nation’s own account comes first. Corrections: [email protected].

Named in the treaties as: Uta · Uta (Muncho, Capote, Wiminuehi bands) · Uta (Uncompahgre)

Royce 630, 1882Royce 609, 1878Royce 586, 1875Royce 566, 1868Royce 616, 1868Royce 617, 1868Royce 449, 1864Royce 450, 1864Royce 451, 1864Royce 452, 1864
17841894 See them on the Homeland map

Cessions

Royce no.DateAs the schedule names the partiesSources
449May 5, 1864; June 18, 1878 Uta · with 2 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule
450May 5, 1864; June 18, 1878 Uta · with 2 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule
451May 5, 1864; June 18, 1878 Uta · with 2 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule
452May 5, 1864; June 18, 1878 Uta · with 2 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule
566March 2, 1868; April 23, 1872; September 13, 1873; April 29, 1874; August 17, 1876 Uta · with 2 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
616March 2, 1868; March 6, 1880; September 11, 1880 Uta · with 2 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
617March 2, 1868; March 6, 1880; September 11, 1880 Uta · with 2 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
586November 22, 1875; August 4, 1882 Uta · with 2 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule
609November 9, 1878; February 7, 1879; August 4, 1882 Uta (Muncho, Capote, Wiminuehi bands) · with Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Colorado, New Mexico, & Utah Royce’s schedule
630January 5, 1882 Uta (Uncompahgre) · with 2 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule

Trails across these lands

Maps on Native Routes that cover these lands

Cession areas: “Tribal Lands Ceded to the United States” (USDA Forest Service, National NAGPRA Program, EPA and Claudio Saunt, 2018; CC BY 4.0), digitized from Charles C. Royce, Indian Land Cessions in the United States (1899). Outlines simplified to about 1 km. Part of Project Homeland v0.5.2 — how it was made.