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
The reservations whose names appear in bold are current, federally-recognized Indian reservations in Colorado

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

Southern Ute Agency, P.O. Box 315, Ignacio, CO 81137

Ute Mountain Agency, General Delevery, Towooc, CO 81334

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