They had lived in sovereignty in the regions of present-day Utah and Colorado in the Southwestern United States for many centuries until European settlers colonized their lands. Ute ( / j uː t/) are the Indigenous people of the Ute tribe and culture among the Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin. Native American Church, traditional tribal religion, and ChristianityĬhemehuevi and Southern Paiute people United States ( Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Utah)
