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| Utes (Jim Bush and John Tyler) in full gala dress in 1875 |
Ute people are part of Indigenous Peoples of the Great Basin, and gave their name (which means "Land of the sun") to the state of Utah. There are three Ute tribal reservations: Uintah-Ouray in northeastern Utah (3,500 members); Southern Ute in Colorado (1,500 members); and Ute Mountain which primarily lies in Colorado, but extends to Utah and New Mexico (2,000 members). Ute language is related to the Southern Paiute language and belong to the the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family.
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