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History: The Northern Utes
- The word Ute means "land of the sun."
- There are currently around 3,500 Ute Indians living on reservations in Utah, and they own 1,300,000 acres of land.
- Many of the Utes in Utah were originally from Colorado, when the Uintah-Ouray Reservation was created they were forced to relocate.
- The Ute tribe manages one of the largest herds of buffalo in the United States.
- The Ute tribe established its own high school in 1997, Uintah River High School, for students living on the reservation.
- The Ute own and operate their own newspaper, The Ute Bulletin.
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