Indigenous Peoples of Colorado

The word Colorado originates from a Spanish word "ruddy" or "red"

Tribes and Bands of Colorado
The following list of tribes is compiled from:


 * Hodge: Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington D.C. Smithsonian Institution. Bureaue of Ethnology. Bulletin # 30 1907.
 * Swanton, John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of Ethnology. Bulletin #145

Apache, Arapahoe. Bannock, Cheyenne, Comanche, Jicarilla, Kiowa, Kiowa-Apache, Apache-Navajo, Numa, Pueblos, Shoshone, Uinta, Uncompahgre Band, Ute (Southern and Mountain), White River Band

Reservations and Agencies
As identified in the National Atlas of the United States of America, the following reservation names in bold are current federally-recognized reservations:


 * Southern Ute Reservation Federal, under jurisdiction of Southern Ute Agency, Tribes: Mauache Capote Ute
 * Ute Mountain Reservation Federal, under jurisdiction of Ute Mountain Agency, Tribe: Wiminuche Ute

Reference


 * Isaac, Katherine M., Omni Gazetteer of the United States of American. U.S. Data Sourcebook, Volume 11 Appendices, Bureau of Indian Affairs List of AMerican Indian resrvation, Appendix E, Indian Reservations, Omnigraphics, Inc., 1991.

Agencies

 * Consolidated Ute Agency
 * Denver Special Agency 1871-1875
 * Southern Ute Agency, P.O. Box 315, Ignacio, CO 81137
 * Uintah and Ouray Agency
 * Upper Arkansas Agency 1855-1874
 * Upper Platte Agency 1846-1870
 * Ute Mountain Agency, General Delivery, Towoac, CO 81334
 * White River Agency

Reference


 * Hill, Edward E., The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches, Clearwater Publishing Co., Inc., 1974

Schools
Grand Junction School

Navajo Spring School

Ute Mountain School

Family History Library
For a complete list of available records use the Family History Library Catalog and search by Tribe and Location

Colorado Superintendency 1861-1880


 * Central Superintendency Records 1813-1878 (108 films - M856) Family History Library 1st film 1602893

See Also:
Colorado - History for a calendar of events some pertaining to American Indians

Colorado - Military for a list of forts