Many Ute bands were culturally influenced by neighboring Native American tribes and Puebloans, with whom they traded regularly.Īfter contact with early European colonists, such as the Spanish, the Ute formed trading relationships. Although they generally operated in family groups for hunting and gathering, the communities came together for ceremonies and trading. The tribe also had sacred grounds outside their home domain that were visited seasonally. In addition to their ancestral lands within Colorado and Utah, their historic hunting grounds extended into current-day Wyoming, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Mexico. They had lived in sovereignty in the regions of present-day Utah and Colorado. Ute ( / ˈ j uː t/) are the Indigenous people of the Ute tribe and culture among the Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin. Native American Church, traditional tribal religion, and Christianity
