Chief Ouray

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Ouray

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Taos, Taos County, New Mexico, United States
Death: August 24, 1880 (46)
Los Pinos Indian Agency, Colorado, United States
Place of Burial: Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Guera Murah and Unknown Tabeguache Ute Woman
Husband of Blackmare Blackmare and Chipeta
Father of Ute Hanna
Brother of Quenche and Brother to Chief Ouray Sanchez
Half brother of Susan Johnson

Occupation: Chief of the Uncompahgre Ute
Managed by: Kenneth Lane Smith
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About Chief Ouray

Ouray (Arrow) was a Native American chief of the Uncompahgre band of the Ute tribe, then located in western Colorado. Because of his leadership ability, Ouray was also acknowledged by the United States government as a chief of the Ute.

In 1880 he left Colorado to travel to Washington, D.C., where he testified before Congress about the Ute uprising of 1879. He tried to secure a treaty for the Uncompahgre Ute, who wanted to stay in Colorado; but, the following year, the United States forced the Uncompahgre and the White River Ute to the west to reservations in present-day Utah.

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Chief Ouray's Timeline

1833
November 13, 1833
Taos, Taos County, New Mexico, United States
1865
August 9, 1865
1880
August 24, 1880
Age 46
Los Pinos Indian Agency, Colorado, United States
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Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, United States