Ute Mountain Ute Tribe

Tribal attorneys nationwide are concerned about a recent Supreme Court ruling on Navajo Nation water rights. An attorney for the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe says the ruling calls into question the trustee relationship between tribes and the federal government.

The mood about Kwiyagat Community Academy is upbeat though there are challenges finding licensed teachers in this remote corner of Colorado.

To help reduce high rates of diabetes and obesity, tribe leaders are working to raise $12 million by 2024 to help build the new community enterprise.

The tribe plans to build a 600-megawatt hydroelectric pump.

The Ute Mountain Ute tribe of Southwest Colorado is turning to solar generation to provide cheap electricity for its members and infrastructure. But it also has solar ambitions that go beyond the community level. As Rocky Mountain Community Radio’s Lucas Brady Woods reports, they include generating solar power that can be sold for a profit.

Gov. Jared Polis’ executive order reverses two proclamations that led to the massacre of 230 Cheyenne and Arapaho people in 1864. Representatives and leaders from the Southern Ute, Ute Mountain Ute, Northern Arapaho, Turtle Mountain Ojibwe, and Lakota, tribes attended the ceremony outside the Colorado State Capitol in Denver.

Hay and corn production is down, and the Ute Mountain Ute Farm & Ranch Enterprise had to let go 50% of its employees, half of whom are tribal members who live in Towaoc, the tribe's headquarters and main town on their reservation.

One look at Colorado’s official broadband map and Bernadette Cuthair of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe will tell you it’s wrong.This story was originally…

Colorado Governor Jared Polis made his way around the southwestern part of the state this weekend including visits to Durango, the Southern Ute Indian…

A conversation with the tribal leader about vaccine distribution, plans for reopening, and education.Lucas Brady Woods: Manuel Hart is the chairman of the…