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