Ute Mountain Ute Tribe - Notable People

Notable People

In 1880 Chief Ouray went to Washington, D.C. as part of the Ute delegation to negotiate a treaty. He made it to Washington, but died that year at 47 years of age. Chief Jack House, the last traditional chief of the Utes, died in 1971.

  • From left to right: Chief Ignacio of the Southern Utes, Carl Shurz, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Chief Ouray and his wife, Chipeta. Woretsiz and General Charles Adams (Colorado) are standing. Taken in Washington, D.C. in 1880 when a Ute Indian delegation negotiated a treaty with the U.S. government. Photograph by Mathew Brady.

  • Chief Ignacio, 1904

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