Southern Ute Indian Reservation (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Southern Ute Indian Reservation lies in southwestern Colorado, USA, along the northern border of New Mexico. Its territory consists of land from three counties; in descending order of surface area they are La Plata County, Archuleta County, and Montezuma Counties. The reservation has a land area of 1,058.785 sq mi (2,742.24 km ) and a population of 11,259 as of the 2000 census. Its largest communities are Ignacio and Arboles. Established in 1873, it is the reservation of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, a federally recognized Ute tribe. Government is organized under the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 and is lead by a tribal council with a chairman as head of the executive. For decades at the end of the 20th century, Clement Frost had been the tribes chairman. But is 2008 a new chairman, Matthew Box was elected.