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

Ute Mountain Reservation

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