Uintah Reservation News Today

State’s tribal members and others want better lessons about Native American history

Approximately 1,100 children from 20 indigenous tribes were enrolled at the Fort Lewis Indian Boarding School over a span of 17 years. For many, this

Advocates see a new Colorado report on Federal Indian Board Schools as a stepping stone to educating more students about Indigenous populations.

A new examination of the abuses children suffered at Native American boarding schools in Colorado identified at least 65 students who died more than a century ago at the state's two most prominent schools, the grim legacy of a federal assimilation program that inflicted intergenerational trauma on Indigenous families.

A new examination of the abuses children suffered at Native American boarding schools in Colorado identified at least 65 students who died more than a century ago at the state’s

A new examination of the abuses children suffered at Native American boarding schools in Colorado identified at least 65 students who died more than a century ago at the state’s

A new examination of the abuses children suffered at Native American boarding schools in Colorado identified at least 65 students who died more than a century ago at the state’s

History Colorado on Tuesday released a 139-page report by State Archaeologist Holly Norton that pieces together local and national archival records, newspaper clippings, letters and archaeological findings to illustrate the experiences of the Native children who at times were kidnapped and coerced into the schools.

The Ute Indian Tribe of the Ouray and Uintah Reservation has filed a lawsuit alleging Utah state agencies conspired to stop it from buying Tabby Mountain, a 28,500-acre piece of its ancestral land.

In 1881, White River Utes from western Colorado rose up against encroachment by hostile white settlers. The federal government then forcibly removed the Utes to the Uintah Reservation in Utah. With continued unrest, the government…