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Chief Ouray, pictured here with his wife Chipeta, was one of the most influential leaders of the Northern Ute people in the late nineteenth century. A known intellectual and skilled diplomat, Ouray negotiated treaties and attempted to avoid conflict with whites wherever possible.
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1880
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Photographed by Mathew Brady and Levin Corbin Handy, Wikimedia Commons (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)