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plural Ute or Utes
: a member of an Indigenous people originally ranging through Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico
Note: Current-day members live as part of the federally recognized Ute Indian Tribe (Northern Ute) of the Uinta and Ouray Reservation of Northeastern Utah or the federally recognized Southern Ute Tribe of Colorado.
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: the Uto-Aztecan language of the Ute people
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Voter Ute Wolters, a 64-year-old architect from Lower Saxony, worries about Merz's potential leadership.
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Rob Schmitz, NPR, 22 Feb. 2025
Paiute, Ute, and Navajo tribes once dwelled in this region.
—Alison Osius, Outside Online, 31 Jan. 2025
The viewer might not pick up on some of the nuances between the Shoshone, the Ute, and the Paiute, but there are nuances like fringe.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
The other is the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, led by Manuel Heart.
—Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2025
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Rob Schmitz, NPR, 22 Feb. 2025
Paiute, Ute, and Navajo tribes once dwelled in this region.
—Alison Osius, Outside Online, 31 Jan. 2025
The viewer might not pick up on some of the nuances between the Shoshone, the Ute, and the Paiute, but there are nuances like fringe.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
The other is the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, led by Manuel Heart.
—Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Ute.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ute. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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