Utes agree to move to San Juan County, Utah. Congress fails to ratify agreement. 1891 Fort Lewis deactivated as a military post and became an Indian school. 1894 Ute allotment bill presented to Congress. 1895 Ignacio led most of the Weeminuche to the western part of the Southern Ute Reservation in protest against the government's policy of land allotment.
Utes agree to the allotment bill.
1896 New agency set up at Navajo Springs to serve the Weeminuche who did want to accept land in severalty 1896 Allotments are distributed to Southern Utes. 1899 Southern Ute Reservation opened to Anglo settlement. Death of Ignacio 1918 Consolidated Ute Indian Reservation established. 1924 American Indians become United States citizens. 1925 Reburial of Ouray.