Indigenous Peoples of Colorado

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

Tribes 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
Southern Ute Reservation (Federal, under jurisdiction of Southern Ute Agency, Tribes: Mauache &amp; Capote Ute)

Ute Mountain Reservation (Federal, under jurisdiction of Ute Mountain Agency, Tribe: Wiminuche Ute)

Agencies
Consolidated Ute Agency

Ute Mountain Agency

Uintah and Ouray Agency

White River Agency

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

Colorado - Military for a list of forts