page_title: Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
section_title: Ute Mountain Tribal Park
hierarchical_section_title: Ute Mountain Ute Tribe / Ute Mountain Tribal Park
caption_attribution_description: English: Eagle's Nest, an Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwelling in Ute Mountain Tribal Park, Ute Mountain Ute Reservation, Colorado, USA This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 72000273
context_page_description: The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe is one of three federally recognized tribes of the Ute Nation, and are mostly descendants of the historic Weeminuche Band who moved to the Southern Ute reservation in 1897. Their reservation is headquartered at Towaoc, Colorado on the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Reservation in southwestern Colorado, northwestern New Mexico and small sections of Utah.
context_section_description: The Ute Mountain Tribal Park, part of the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Reservation, is approximately 125,000 acres (51,000 ha) of land along the Mancos River.  Hundreds of surface sites, cliff dwellings, petroglyphs and wall paintings of Ancestral Puebloan and Ute cultures are preserved in the park.  Native American Ute tour guides provide background information about the people, culture and history who lived in the park lands. National Geographic Traveler chose it as one of "80 World Destinations for Travel in the 21st Century," one of only 9 places selected in the United States.
caption: Eagle's Nest pueblo in Ute Mountain Tribal Park
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