Ute

North Americahunter-gatherers
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The Ute are a Native American group located in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. At the time of European contact in the 1600s and 1700s, the Ute occupied much of central and eastern Utah and all of western Colorado, as well as minor portions of northwestern New Mexico. The Ute lived in this vast region as nomadic hunters and gatherers until their confinement to reservations in the 1870s. With the loss of traditional land, they adopted subsistence food production patterns following the European pattern. Modern employment is largely in energy-related fields or service jobs.

Identifier
Region
  • North America
Subregion
  • Southwest and Basin
Subsistence Type
  • hunter-gatherers
Samples
Countries
  • United States
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