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

Agencies

 * Consolidated Ute Agency
 * Southern Ute Agency, P.O. Box 315, Ignacio, CO 81137
 * Ute Mountain Agency, General Delivery, Towoac, CO 81334
 * Uintah and Ouray Agency
 * White River Agency

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


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

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

Colorado - Military for a list of forts