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Indian Agencies and Agents

Added by yongli on 03/15/2016 - 12:10, last changed on 11/26/2022 - 10:41

Fort Lyon, Colorado

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Indian Agencies were established by the US government as part of the formal relationship with Indigenous nations as it acquired lands from them. Indian Agents were individuals responsible for cultivating relationships with Indigenous people and extending government policies. As treaties and...

Montezuma County

Added by yongli on 06/27/2016 - 15:03, last changed on 11/02/2022 - 05:48
Montezuma County, famous for the ancient Native American ruins at Mesa Verde , is the southwesternmost county in Colorado. The county covers 2,040 square miles of the Colorado Plateau , and has the distinction of bordering Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona. It is known as the Four Corners region, where...

Sapiah

Added by yongli on 03/01/2016 - 16:41, last changed on 11/02/2022 - 05:48
Sapiah (1840–1936) was the preeminent chief of the Muache band of the Southern Ute Tribe beginning around 1870. He was born to a Muache father and an Apache mother, perhaps in the vicinity of Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico. The origins of his English name, "Buckskin Charley," are obscure, and later in...
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