Southern Ute Lands, 1848-1899; The Creation of a Reservation, March 1972

The treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo of 1848 placed the Southwest under the jurisdiction of the United States Government. One group of people greatly affected by this change of governments was the Southern Ute bands of the Ute nation. Prior to 1848 these Ute Indians had experienced only occasional contact with the Spanish and Mexicans