Native Americans in Colorado

This high-desert oasis spotlights some of Colorado’s most sacred native plants.

The hallowed ground of one of the worst atrocities in United States history.

Ute tour guides have been sharing the ancient dwellings and rock art inside this large park with visitors for more than 40 years.

Take a dip in the world's largest mineral hot springs pool.

A quiet rock and botanical garden is the beautiful centerpiece of Fort Lewis College.

In a dry, neglected cemetery lies the unassuming grave of a soldier vilified in life but celebrated in death.

The site of a minor battle might have been forgotten if not for one participant’s famous family and the death of a respected warrior.

This now-abandoned outcrop is an important Native American spiritual site, overtaken by European settlers and mining pollution.

In the middle of a suburban Denver neighborhood is a cave that once provided solace for a prominent Ute chief and his family.

Paleoamericans built these ancient walls high in the Colorado Rockies as part of an extensive hunting system.

Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.

The giant stump of the once towering cottonwood where Ute people held tribal meetings.

There are eight natural springs around town, each with a slightly different taste.