| 1 AD | Shoshonean speaking peoples separate from other Uto-Aztecan groups about the beginning of the Christian era. |
| 1000 | Great migration of Indians into the present-day United States. |
| c1150 | Southern Paiutes move into southern Nevada, southwestern Utah, and northern Arizona. |
| 1150 | During the 12th century, Yuman and Pueblo type cultures began to be replaced by a Shoshonean pattern. |
| 1200 | Anasazis began movement into sandstone caves possibly for defense against ancestors of the Utes, Navajos, and Apaches. |
| 1276 | Anasazis began movement out of Mesa Verde and other elaborate habitations possibly because of pressure from ancestors of the Utes. |
| 1492 | Europeans start maintenance of continuous contact with the Americas. |
Original Ute Domain |
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| 1536-40 | Cabeza de Vaca, Esteban, Marcos de Niza enter the Southwest and lead to the military expedition of Coronado in 1540. Although these did not touch Ute lands, undoubtedly the Utes learned of the penetration of these Europeans from their neighbors to the south. |
| 1598 | New Mexico is settled by the Spanish. Pueblo groups are Christianized. Spanish products begin to be traded to the Utes. |
| 1605 | Earliest historical reference to the Paiutes, from an exploratory expedition under Juan de Onate. |
| c1626 | Traditional Ute-Hopi conflicts began about this time and reached their high point about the time of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. |
| 1626 | Earliest reference to the Utes by the Spanish. |
| 1637 | First known conflict between Spanish and Utes. Spaniards under Luis de Rosas, Governor of New Mexico 1637-41, captured about 80 Utacas and forced them into labor work-shops in Santa Fe. |
| 1670 | First Treaty between Utes and Spaniards. |
| 1680 | Pueblo Revolt and Spanish forced to move out of New Mexico for 12 years. |
| 1692 | Alliance between Paiutes, Apaches, and Hopis, to counter Spanish aggression and expansion. |
| c1700 | Beginnings of raids upon Pueblos and Spanish in New Mexico by Utes, Apaches, and Comanches often working in concert. |
| 1706 | Expedition of Juan de Ulibarri through southeastern Colorado. |
| 1716 | Spanish campaign against Utes and Comanches not successful in preventing raids. |
| 1720 | Expedition of Pedro de Villasur. |
| 1724 | Expedition of Bourgmont. |
| 1730-50 | Utes continue raids upon settlements in new Mexico. In 1747, Ute forays caused the abandonment of the frontier town of Abiquiu. It was reoccupied in 1748 by the Spaniards. |
| 1746 | Spanish defeat a combination of Utes and Comanches above Abiquiu. |
| 1747 | Spanish carry on a campaign against the Capote Utes. |
| c1752 | Ute leaders, Chiquito, Don Tomas, and Barrigon meet with the governor of New Mexico. Spanish indicate a desire to cultivate trade with the Utes especially for deerskins and to avoid a confrontation with the Mouache, Capotes, and Chaguaguas. |
| 1754 | By this time, the Utes have driven out the Navajos in the upper San Juan drainage. |
| 1754 | Mouache Utes enter an alliance with the Jicarilla Apaches. |
| 1760s | Spanish-Ute relations friendly enough to permit Spanish trading ventures into Ute territory as far north as the Gunnison River. |
| 1765 | Juan Maria de Rivera leads first official Spanish expedition into southwestern Colorado through lands of the Utes. |
| 1770s | Utes and Navajos at war with the Hopis. |
| 1775 | Second expedition into southwestern Colorado led by Rivera. |
| 1776 | Dominguez-Escalante expedition through Ute territory. Lands of the Utes mapped by Miera y Pacheco. |
| 1778 | Spanish law prohibits Spaniards and Christianized Indians from trading with the Utes. The ban was largely ineffectual since some traders continued to visit the Utes. |
| 1779 | Mouache Utes and Jicarilla Apaches joined New Mexico Governor Juan Bautista de Anza in a campaign against the Comanches. Comanche forces under Cuerno Verde were defeated. |
| 1786 | Utes represented by Chiefs Moara and Pinto protest the proposed peace treaty between the Comanches and the Spanish. However, at the insistence of Juan Bautista de Anza, they finally agreed. Peace negotiations were carried on at Pecos between the Mouache Utes, the Comanches, and the Spanish and a treaty was concluded. |
| 1789 | Treaty of peace between the Spanish and Utes and promise of Ute aid against the Comanches and Navajos. At this time also, the Spanish took precautions against an alliance between the Mouache Utes and the Lipan Apaches. |
| 1801 | The Spanish begin to use Mouache Utes as spies to gather intelligence on the Plains Indians. |
| 1804 | Utes and Jicarilla Apaches joined the Spanish in a campaign against the Navajos. |
| 1806 | Battle near Taos between about 400 Mouache Utes and an equal number of Comanches. Lt. Zebulon Pike represents first Anglo-American intrusion into Ute territory. Two Mouache Utes provided a safe passage to a surgeon under Pike to Santa Fe. |
| 1806-26 | Several Spanish and Mexican trading expeditions went into Ute lands. |
| 1809 | About 600 Mouache Utes and some Jicarilla Apaches were attacked on the Arkansas River by Comanches, Cuampes, and Kiowas. Killed were the major Mouache chief, Delgadito, along with the other leaders, Mano Mocha and El Albo. |
| 1811-1812 | Ezekiel Williams was trapping in southwestern Colorado. In 1812, Robert McKnight was also trapping the the lands of the Utes. |
| 1813 | Arze-Garcia expedition through Ute lands. |
| 1816-17 | Chouteau and De Munn trapping in southwestern Colorado. |
| 1821 | Independence of Mexico from Spain did not change the relations between the Utes and the settlements in New Mexico. |
| 1821 | Beginning of the Santa Fe trade. |
| 1821 | Col. Glenn and Jacob Fowler into southwestern Colorado on a trapping and trading expedition. |
| 1822 | Lechat, a Ute leader, proposed trade with the Americans but little was done immediately. |
| 1824 | William Becknell, the "Father of the Santa Fe trade," led a party of trappers and traders to the Green River and William Huddard led a party of 14 from Taos to the same area. At about the same time, Kit Carson and Jason Lee followed an old Spanish trail north and met Antoine Robidoux at the mouth of the Uinta River in Utah. |
| 1826 | James Ohio Pattie passed through the present site of Grand Junction in Mesa County. |
| 1829-30 | Opening of the Old Spanish Trail from Santa Fe to San Gabriel, California, partly through Ute territory. |
| 1832 | Bent's Fort established in southeastern Colorado. |
| 1837 | Philip Thompson and William Craig established a trading post (Fort Davy Crockett) on the Green River. (it was abandoned about 1840). At about the same time, Antoine Robidoux established Fort Uncompahgre at the junction of the Uncompahgre and Gunnison Rivers. |
| 1840s | Constant attacks by the Utes on settlements in the Taos Valley and the area of New Mexico north of Espanola. Several land grants began to erode the Ute land base. |
| 1842 | Rufus Sage left Taos and went to the Uintah River. Marcus Whitman was in western Colorado and stopped at the post established by Robidoux. |
| 1844 | Capote attack on Rio Arriba settlements after the altercation between the Utes and the Governor of New Mexico in Santa Fe. |
| 1844 | Birth of Ignacio, a leader of the Weeminuches. |
| 1844 | John C. Fremont passed through Ute country. |
| 1845 | Capote Utes attacked the settlement of Ojo Caliente. |
| 1846 | The Utes agreed to remain peaceful after 60 Ute leaders were induced by William Gilpin to go to Santa Fe and confer with Col. Doniphan. |
| 1846 | Fremont's attempt to cross Colorado in winter ended in disaster. |
| 1849 | First treaty between Utes and the United States at Abiquiu. Chief Quiziachigiate, a Capote, signed as principal chief and 28 other Utes signed as subordinate chiefs. |
| 1850 | The Utes began to obtain arms from the Mormons at Salt Lake. |
| 1850 | An agency was opened for the Utes at Taos. It was soon closed for lack of funds. |
| 1851 | Mouache Utes were attacked near Red River by Kiowas and Arapahos. The Utes retreated to Ojo Caliente. |
| 1851-53 | Settlements by former Mexican citizens began to be made in the San Luis Valley. Livestock activities and farming began to disrupt the lifestyle of the Utes. |
| 1852 | The U.S. Government established Fort Massachusetts near Mount Blanca to protect and control the Utes. Six years later the post was moved six miles and became Fort Garland. |
| 1853 | Arapahos and Cheyennes raided the camp of Utes under Tochoaca. |
| 1853 | Agency reopened at Taos and Kit Carson was agent 1853-59. |
| 1853 | Captain Gunnison killed near Sevier Lake in Utah. His expedition continued under Lt. Beckwith. |
| 1853 | An Indian Agent reports war between Mouache Utes and other Indians along the Arkansas River caused by the scarcity of game. The agent requested the U.S. Government to prevent other Indians from encroaching on Mouache lands. |
| 1853 | Rations were being distributed to the Mouaches at Arroyo Hondo and Red River and to the Capotes on the Chama River. |
| 1854-55 | Ute War started by an attack by Utes on Fort Pueblo. The Utes were mainly Mouaches under the leadership of Chief Tierra Blanca. Several skirmishes resulted in the Indians suing for peace. From that time on, the Utes have been generally on friendly terms with U.S. Government. |
| 1855 | In early summer, a treaty was concluded with the Capotes and one with the Mouaches in August. These were not ratified by the U.S. |
| 1856 | Mouache chief Cany Attle claimed the San Luis Valley. |
| 1856 | Kit Carson recommened that an agency be set up for the Tabeguache Utes. This was not done. |
| 1857 | Cany Attle claimed the Conejos Valley. |
| 1857 | Officials recommended that the Capotes and Jicarilla Apaches be removed to the San Juan River and assisted in becoming self-sufficient. |
| 1858 | Tabeguache Utes considered to be a band attached to the agency at Abiquiu. They were also considered to be the largest band of Utes in that year. |
| 1858 | Hostilities between the Utes and Navajos. |
| 1859 | Temuche, a Capote chief, took presents to a Navajo camp (Kiatano's) to maintain friendly relations. |
| 1860 | Utes join U.S. troops in campaigns against Navajos. |
| 1860-61 | Tabeguache Utes placed under Denver Agency; Mouaches attached to sub-agency at Cimarron on Maxwell's Ranch; Capotes continued to be served at Abiquiu; Weeminuches were handled at Tierra Amarilla. (Jicarilla were also served at Cimarron). |
| 1861 | Agency for the Tabeguache Utes established at Conejos; Lafayette Head was the first agent. |
| 1868 | Treaty with the Utes and a reservation created for them consisting of approximately the western one-third of Colorado. Ouray selected as principal chief. |
1868 Map |
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| 1870 | Weeminuches object to removal to Reservation in Colorado. Cabeza Blanca was one of the principal leaders of the Weeminuches at that time. |
| 1870 | Army's census of 1870 showed that there were 365 Capotes largely under the leadership of Sobotar. |
| 1871-76 | Agency maintained at Denver for Utes who continued to hunt buffalo on the plains. Movement of silver and gold miners into the San Juan Mountains. |
| 1873 | Mouaches conclude a treaty at Cimarron. |
| 1873 | The Utes cede the San Juan Mountain area by terms of the Brunot Agreement. |
1873 Map |
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| 1874 | President U.S. Grant signs the Brunot Agreement. |
| 1877 | Establishment of the Southern Ute Agency at Ignacio to serve the Capotes, Mouaches, and Weeminuches. |
| 1878 | Capotes and Weeminuches cede rights to the 1868 reservation. |
| 1878 | Fort Lewis established at Pagosa Springs to protect and control the Southern Utes. |
| 1879 | Meeker Incident results in cries for the removal of the Utes from Colorado. |
| 1880-81 | Fort Lewis moved to the site near Hesperus, Colorado, on Southern Ute Reservation. |
| 1880 | Death of Ouray. |
| 1880 | Ute Agreement signed. |
| 1881 | Tabeguache and White River Utes moved to the Uintah Reservation in Utah. |
| 1881 | Denver and Rio Grande Railroad went through Southern Ute land. |
| 1886 | Consolidation of the Uintah and Ouray Reservations for the Northern Utes. |
| 1888 | Utes agree to move to San Juan County, Utah. Congress fails to ratify agreement. |
| 1891 | Fort Lewis deactivated as a military post and became an Indian school. |
| 1894 | Ute allotment bill presented to Congress. |
| 1895 | Ignacio led most of the Weeminuche to the western part of the Southern Ute Reservation in protest against the government's policy of land allotment. |
| 1895 | Utes agree to the allotment bill. |
| 1896 | New agency set up at Navajo Springs to serve the Weeminuche who did want to accept land in severalty |
| 1896 | Allotments are distributed to Southern Utes. |
| 1899 | Southern Ute Reservation opened to Anglo settlement. |
| 1913 | Death of Ignacio |
| 1918 | Consolidated Ute Indian Reservation established. |
| 1924 | American Indians become United States citizens. |
| 1925 | Reburial of Ouray. |
| 1931 | Distribution of rations from Federal Government stopped. |
| 1934 | Passage of the Indian Reorganization Act by Congress (commonly called the Wheeler-Howard Act). |
| 1936 | Death of Buckskin Charlie at the age of 96. He was succeeded by Antonio Buck. |
| 1936 | Establishment of a Tribal Council in accordance with the Wheeler-Howard or Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. |
| 1937 | Restoration Act returns 222,016 acres to the Southern Utes. |
| 1938 | Restoration Act returns 30,000 acres to the Ute Mountain Utes. |
| 1953 | Settlement with U.S. Government for Ute land. |
Current Map |
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| 1954 | Ute Rehabilitation Program. |
| 1961 | Antonio Buck, Sr., last hereditary chief, died. |
| 1966 | Community Action Program started on reservation. |
| 1972 | Opening of Pino Nuche Purasa, the motel-restaurant-community building complex, by the Southern Utes at Ignacio. |