Mountain Ute Tribe /tags/mountain-ute-tribe Mountain Ute Tribe en-US Copyright »ĘąÚÍřÖ·/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Thu, 10 Apr 2025 23:12:10 GMT Where the buffalo roam, Colorado wants to protect them from poaching /politics/2025-04-10/where-the-buffalo-roam-colorado-wants-to-protect-them-from-poaching A new bill in Colorado aims to prevent bison poaching after government-sponsored killing of bison nearly led to the animal’s extinction a century ago. Thu, 10 Apr 2025 23:12:10 GMT /politics/2025-04-10/where-the-buffalo-roam-colorado-wants-to-protect-them-from-poaching Amanda Horvath, Rocky Mountain PBS Tribal leaders call on Colorado to respect tribes’ sovereignty, and include them in policymaking /news/2025-01-16/tribal-leaders-call-on-colorado-to-respect-tribes-sovereignty-and-include-them-in-policymaking Lawmakers heard from the chairmen of the Ute Mountain Ute and the Southern Ute during Colorado's annual State of the Tribes address. Thu, 16 Jan 2025 23:58:50 GMT /news/2025-01-16/tribal-leaders-call-on-colorado-to-respect-tribes-sovereignty-and-include-them-in-policymaking Kiara DeMare, CPR News Tribes won’t be paid for unused water through a federal fund but Colorado lawmakers want that to change /news/2024-10-29/tribes-wont-be-paid-for-unused-water-through-a-federal-fund-but-colorado-lawmakers-want-that-to-change Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute officials are willing to forgo future water use to help conservation efforts in the overstretched Colorado River Basin if they’re paid for the effort. Listen to our host Michael Lyle Jr. discuss this story with The Colorado Sun reporter/editor Shane Mullane and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below. Tue, 29 Oct 2024 18:04:30 GMT /news/2024-10-29/tribes-wont-be-paid-for-unused-water-through-a-federal-fund-but-colorado-lawmakers-want-that-to-change Shannon Mullane, The Colorado Sun Colorado Tribes could be the first to get automatic voter registration under a new bill /news/2023-04-13/colorado-tribes-could-be-the-first-to-get-automatic-voter-registration-under-a-new-bill A new bill introduced this week in the state legislature would make historic advances in voting access for Colorado’s two Native American tribes. It would also expand access to students and inmates, and make changes to ballot counts, election transparency and campaign finance. Thu, 13 Apr 2023 15:50:34 GMT /news/2023-04-13/colorado-tribes-could-be-the-first-to-get-automatic-voter-registration-under-a-new-bill Lucas Brady Woods Ute tribal leaders call for more tribal inclusion in address to state legislature /2023-01-11/ute-tribal-leaders-call-for-more-tribal-inclusion-in-address-to-state-legislature The Ute Mountain Ute tribe’s chairman, Manuel Heart, and the Southern Ute tribe’s chairman, Melvin J Baker, praised lawmakers for working with the tribes, but said they have also been left out of important legislation in the past. Wed, 11 Jan 2023 21:34:07 GMT /2023-01-11/ute-tribal-leaders-call-for-more-tribal-inclusion-in-address-to-state-legislature Lucas Brady Woods Historically Left Out, Colorado River Tribes Call For More Sway In Western Water Talks /environment/2019-11-12/historically-left-out-colorado-river-tribes-call-for-more-sway-in-western-water-talks Earlier this year, Arizona -- one of seven southwestern states that rely on the Colorado River -- was in the midst of a heated discussion about… Tue, 12 Nov 2019 23:47:40 GMT /environment/2019-11-12/historically-left-out-colorado-river-tribes-call-for-more-sway-in-western-water-talks Luke Runyon Outgoing Director of Colorado's Indian Affairs Commission Looks Back At 11 Years Of Service /politics/2018-10-01/outgoing-director-of-colorados-indian-affairs-commission-looks-back-at-11-years-of-service Ernest House Jr. served as executive director of Colorado's Commission of Indian Affairs for the last 11 years. He's the first member of the Mountain Ute… Mon, 01 Oct 2018 11:10:00 GMT /politics/2018-10-01/outgoing-director-of-colorados-indian-affairs-commission-looks-back-at-11-years-of-service