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Wars</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Part of the <a href="/wiki/American_Indian_Wars" title="American Indian Wars">American Indian Wars</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Meeker_tragedy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/The_Meeker_tragedy.jpg/300px-The_Meeker_tragedy.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/The_Meeker_tragedy.jpg/450px-The_Meeker_tragedy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/The_Meeker_tragedy.jpg/600px-The_Meeker_tragedy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="421" /></a></span><br /><i>An etching that appeared in the December 6, 1879 edition of "<a href="/wiki/Frank_Leslie%27s_Weekly" 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href="/wiki/Pipe_Spring_National_Monument" title="Pipe Spring National Monument">Pipe Spring</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Black_Hawk_War_(1865-1872)#Manti_Jailbreak" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Hawk War (1865-1872)">Manti</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Black_Hawk_War_(1865-1872)#Circleville_Massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Hawk War (1865-1872)">Circleville</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Black_Hawk_War_(1865-1872)#Scipio_Raid_and_the_Battle_of_Gravelly_Ford" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Hawk War (1865-1872)">Scipio</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Black_Hawk_War_(1865-1872)#Scipio_Raid_and_the_Battle_of_Gravelly_Ford" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Hawk War (1865-1872)">Gravelly Ford</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Black_Hawk_War_(1865-1872)#Battles_of_Thistle_Valley_and_Diamond_Fork" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Hawk War (1865-1872)">Thistle Valley</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Black_Hawk_War_(1865-1872)#Battles_of_Thistle_Valley_and_Diamond_Fork" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Hawk War (1865-1872)">Diamond Fork</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Black_Hawk_War_(1865-1872)#Black_Hawk's_Last_Raid" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Hawk War (1865-1872)">Last Raid</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/White_River_War" class="mw-redirect" title="White River War">White River War</a></dt></dl> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Meeker_Massacre" title="Meeker Massacre">Meeker Massacre</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Milk_Creek" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Milk Creek">Milk Creek</a></dd></dl> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Pinhook_Draw_fight" title="Pinhook Draw fight">Pinhook Draw fight</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Bluff_War" title="Bluff War">Bluff War</a></dt></dl> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Bluff_War#Ute_Mountain_Incident" title="Bluff War">Ute Mountain</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Bluff_War#Battle_of_Cottonwood_Gulch" title="Bluff War">Cottonwood Gulch</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bluff_Skirmish&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bluff Skirmish (page does not exist)">Bluff Skirmish</a></dt></dl> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Posey_War" title="Posey War">Posey War</a></dt></dl> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Posey_War#Blanding_Incident" title="Posey War">Blanding</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Posey_War#Battle_of_Comb_Ridge" title="Posey War">Comb Ridge</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The <b>Ute Wars</b> were a series of conflicts between the <a href="/wiki/Ute_people" title="Ute people">Ute people</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> which began in 1849 and ended in 1923.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wars">Wars</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ute_Wars&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Wars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jicarilla_War" title="Jicarilla War">Jicarilla War</a> (1849–1855)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_at_Fort_Utah" title="Battle at Fort Utah">Battle at Fort Utah</a> (1850)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wakara%27s_War" title="Wakara's War">Walker War</a> (1853–1854)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tintic_War" title="Tintic War">Tintic War</a> (1856)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Hawk_War_(Utah)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Hawk War (Utah)">Black Hawk War</a> (1865–1872)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_River_War" class="mw-redirect" title="White River War">White River War</a> (1879)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinhook_Draw_fight" title="Pinhook Draw fight">Pinhook Draw fight</a> (15-16 June 1881)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaver_Creek_Massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="Beaver Creek Massacre">Beaver Creek Massacre</a> (June 19, 1885) – Cases of cattle-rustling by the Utes on white cattlemen caused tensions that eventually led to a skirmish between the two parties in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Beaver_Creek_(Dolores,_Colorado)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Beaver Creek (Dolores, Colorado) (page does not exist)">Beaver Creek</a>. In the gunfight that ensued, cowboys killed six Mountain Ute Indians. It was the last major confrontation between Ute Indians and white settlers in Colorado.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ute_War_(1887)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ute War (1887) (page does not exist)">Ute War (1887)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bluff_War" title="Bluff War">Bluff War</a> (1914–1915)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bluff_Skirmish&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bluff Skirmish (page does not exist)">Bluff Skirmish</a> (1921)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posey_War" title="Posey War">Posey War</a> (1923)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ute_Wars&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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style="width:1%">Overview</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native Americans in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ute_dialect" title="Ute dialect">Ute dialect</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ute_mythology" title="Ute mythology">Ute mythology</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Historic bands<br />within contemporary<br /> groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Ute_Indian_Tribe_of_the_Uintah_and_Ouray_Reservation" title="Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capote_Band_of_Utes" class="mw-redirect" title="Capote Band of Utes">Capote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muache_Band_of_Utes" class="mw-redirect" title="Muache Band of Utes">Muache</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Ute_Mountain_Ute_Tribe" title="Ute Mountain Ute Tribe">Ute Mountain</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Weeminuche" class="mw-redirect" title="Weeminuche">Weeminuche</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em">Integrated with<br />the <a href="/wiki/Paiute_Indian_Tribe_of_Utah" title="Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah">Paiute</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moanunts" class="mw-redirect" title="Moanunts">Moanunts</a></li> <li><a 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bears_Ears_National_Monument" title="Bears Ears National Monument">Bears Ears National Monument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ca%C3%B1on_Pintado" title="Cañon Pintado">Cañon Pintado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manitou_Mineral_Springs#History" title="Manitou Mineral Springs">Mineral springs at Manitou Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Spanish_Trail_(trade_route)" title="Old Spanish Trail (trade route)">Old Ute Trail</a> (later Old Spanish Trail)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring_Creek_Archeological_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Spring Creek Archeological District">Spring Creek Archeological District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ute_Mountain_Ute_Mancos_Canyon_Historic_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Ute Mountain Ute Mancos Canyon Historic District">Ute Mountain Ute Mancos Canyon Historic District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ute_Pass_(Rampart_Range)" title="Ute Pass (Rampart Range)">Ute Pass</a></li></ul> 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Carlos Nakai">R. Carlos Nakai</a> (flutist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicaagat" title="Nicaagat">Nicaagat</a> (leader during Battle of Milk Creek)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Ouray" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Ouray">Chief Ouray</a> (Uncompahgre band leader)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bluff_War" title="Bluff War">Polk</a> (Ute-Paiute chief)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posey_War" title="Posey War">Posey</a> (Ute-Paiute chief)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Rael" title="Joseph Rael">Joseph Rael</a> (dancer, author, and spiritualist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanpitch_(Ute_chief)" title="Sanpitch (Ute chief)">Sanpitch</a> (Sanpete tribe chief)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raoul_Trujillo" title="Raoul Trujillo">Raoul Trujillo</a> (performer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walkara" title="Walkara">Chief Walkara, also called Chief Walker</a> (leader during the Walker War)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Westward_expansion" class="mw-redirect" title="Westward 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