Voices of the Past: A Different Perspective (Part 2)

About this episode

Johnny Valdez discusses the Brunot Agreement of 1873 and its impact on Ute ancestral lands in Colorado.

Native historian Johnny Valdez sheds light on a largely untold chapter of Colorado's history — the Brunot Agreement of 1873 and the treaties that transferred Ute ancestral lands to the United States government. Writing for the U.S. 250/Colorado 150 Power of Place Magazine, Valdez draws on both his formal education and his heritage to reveal what most Colorado schoolchildren were never taught: that the Ute people, the Nuuchiu, did not simply "give" or "sell" their land, but did so under the th...

People in this episode

Guest: Johnny Valdez

Topics covered

• Native history
• Ute people
• Brunot Agreement
• land treaties
• Colorado history

Keywords

• Brunot Agreement
• Ute people
• Colorado history
• land treaties
• Native American history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.S. 250/Colorado 150 Power of Place Magazine

Places: Colorado, United States, Ute ancestral lands

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