/tags/mountain-ute-tribe Mountain Ute Tribe en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Tue, 29 Oct 2024 18:04:30 GMT /news/2024-10-29/tribes-wont-be-paid-for-unused-water-through-a-federal-fund-but-colorado-lawmakers-want-that-to-change Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute officials are willing to forgo future water use to help conservation efforts in the overstretched Colorado River Basin if they’re paid for the effort. Listen to our host Michael Lyle Jr. discuss this story with The Colorado Sun reporter/editor Shane Mullane and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below. Tue, 29 Oct 2024 18:04:30 GMT /news/2024-10-29/tribes-wont-be-paid-for-unused-water-through-a-federal-fund-but-colorado-lawmakers-want-that-to-change Shannon Mullane, The Colorado Sun /news/2023-04-13/colorado-tribes-could-be-the-first-to-get-automatic-voter-registration-under-a-new-bill A new bill introduced this week in the state legislature would make historic advances in voting access for Colorado’s two Native American tribes. It would also expand access to students and inmates, and make changes to ballot counts, election transparency and campaign finance. Thu, 13 Apr 2023 15:50:34 GMT /news/2023-04-13/colorado-tribes-could-be-the-first-to-get-automatic-voter-registration-under-a-new-bill Lucas Brady Woods /2023-01-11/ute-tribal-leaders-call-for-more-tribal-inclusion-in-address-to-state-legislature The Ute Mountain Ute tribe’s chairman, Manuel Heart, and the Southern Ute tribe’s chairman, Melvin J Baker, praised lawmakers for working with the tribes, but said they have also been left out of important legislation in the past. Wed, 11 Jan 2023 21:34:07 GMT /2023-01-11/ute-tribal-leaders-call-for-more-tribal-inclusion-in-address-to-state-legislature Lucas Brady Woods /environment/2019-11-12/historically-left-out-colorado-river-tribes-call-for-more-sway-in-western-water-talks Earlier this year, Arizona -- one of seven southwestern states that rely on the Colorado River -- was in the midst of a heated discussion about… Tue, 12 Nov 2019 23:47:40 GMT /environment/2019-11-12/historically-left-out-colorado-river-tribes-call-for-more-sway-in-western-water-talks Luke Runyon /politics/2018-10-01/outgoing-director-of-colorados-indian-affairs-commission-looks-back-at-11-years-of-service Ernest House Jr. served as executive director of Colorado's Commission of Indian Affairs for the last 11 years. He's the first member of the Mountain Ute… Mon, 01 Oct 2018 11:10:00 GMT /politics/2018-10-01/outgoing-director-of-colorados-indian-affairs-commission-looks-back-at-11-years-of-service