Show three ute tribes number about IGNACIO colo it Is e astl ma mated ted that bicic anre about 0 northern ut on 11 till Uintah ouray in otili the South ou thein tin alq ribe numbers abo anil and the we U with headquarters at to laoc colo numbers approximate ly people included in the ute mountain tribe arr are he the alien allen canyon utes about in number who live near rear blanding utah each of the three tribes has it its own tribal government and d each ach of 0 the tribes now Is getting experience in managing man aning its own affairs all are looking forward to the time when the of the federal government will be ended the southern utes of today are descendants of two tao of the early bands the fouache and the capote original home of the mou ache was the front ranee range of the from the point where denver now stands southward to the cimarron country the capote lived in the san son luls luis valley through the treaty of 1868 the ute bands with chief ouray as their leader agreed to remain west of the the fouache and capote then settled eventually in the san juan basin for the most part in the he river valley of what ahat is now la plata county their cousins the Wee minuche band lived in the same general area the Wee minuche in about 1895 moved westward and now are the ute mountain tribe of towson towaoc the fouache and capote finally merged to become one tribe under the leadership of chief buckskin charley after the Wee minuche moved to towaoc the southern ute reservation consisted of a strip of land on the southern border der of colorado 15 miles wide and 72 miles long in archuleta la plata and montezuma counties after the indian families had been allotted farms the reservation was opened to white homesteaders ste aders and much of the best land was taken up by non indians the southern utes still hold however about acres of land about acres is under irrigation and water is available for another acres of irrigable licul 1 1 Is to 1 IP in alic brict faw e icsis li t arva timi liis has more 2 ita mies of men mei hontall hont abl ambr and iho the rest 1 N dialing ii I 1 if of the 11 total 2911 ai KIU WO a ans I 1 vi I 1 1 Id vied oil and pl haq II 11 of f ll 11 under IP lc ie so tin is q already suin ame of nit uial gat ga t |