Traditionally Associated Tribes

Five federally recognized tribes and one tribal community have cultural ties to the area within and surrounding the national park. The map shows Tribal reservation boundaries; it does not show historic territory.

NPS

Five federally recognized tribes and one tribal community—the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Southern Ute Indian Tribe, White Mesa Ute Community, Jemez Pueblo, and Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma—have cultural ties to the area within and surrounding Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.

Tribal Government Websites

• Absentee Shawnee Tribe

• Pueblo of Jemez

• Ute Mountain Ute and White Mesa Community

• Ute Tribal Website - Uintah and Ouray Reservation

• Southern Ute Indian Tribe Website