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{{short description|Series of conflicts between the US and the Ute people}}
{{distinguish|Utah War}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Use American English|date=June 2023}}

{{Infobox Military Conflict
|conflict=Ute Wars
|partof=the [[American Indian Wars]]
|image=The Meeker tragedy.jpg
|image_size=300px
|caption=''An etching that appeared in the December 6, 1879 edition of "[[Frank Leslie's Weekly]]" depicts the aftermath of the [[Meeker Massacre]].''
|date=1849–1923
|place=[[Colorado]], [[Utah]], [[Arizona]], [[New Mexico]]
|result= United States victory, Utes moved to [[Indian reservations|reservations]].
|combatant1={{flag|United States|1867}}
|combatant2={{ublist|'''[[Ute people|Ute]]:'''}}
*[[White River Utes|Yamparika]]
*[[Parianuche]]
*[[Tabeguache]]
*[[Ute people|Muhgruhtahveeach]]
*[[Capote Band of Utes|Kapota]]
*[[Muache Band of Utes|Muache]]
*[[Weminuche Band of Utes|Weminuche]]
'''Ute Allies:'''<br>
*[[Southern Paiute|Paiute]]
*[[Navajo people|Navajo]]
*[[Apache]]
|commander1={{flagicon|United States|1867}} [[Brigham Young]]<br>{{flagicon|United States|1867}} [[John Williams Gunnison|John W. Gunnison]]{{KIA}}<br>{{flagicon|United States|1867}} [[Reddick Allred]]<br>{{flagicon|United States|1867}} [[Wesley Merritt]]<br>{{flagicon|United States|1867}} [[Thomas T. Thornburgh]]{{KIA}}
|commander2=[[Walkara]]<br>[[Antonga Black Hawk]]<br>[[Kanosh (chief)|Kanosh]]<br>[[Chief Ouray|Ouray]]<br>[[Polk (Paiute)|Polk]]<br>[[Posey (Paiute)|Posey]]{{KIA}}
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{{Campaignbox Ute Wars}}

The '''Ute Wars''' were a series of conflicts between the [[Ute people]] and the [[United States]] which began in 1849 and ended in 1923.<ref>Decker, 190–193</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://history.utah.gov/apps/markers/detailed_results.php?markerid=1368 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709032133/http://history.utah.gov/apps/markers/detailed_results.php?markerid=1368 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-09 |title=Chief Posey's War |publisher=Utah History Resource Center }}</ref>

==Wars==
*[[Jicarilla War]] (1849–1855)
*[[Battle at Fort Utah]] (1850)
*[[Wakara's War|Walker War]] (1853–1854)
*[[Tintic War]] (1856)
*[[Black Hawk War (Utah)|Black Hawk War]] (1865–1872)
*[[White River War]] (1879)
*[[Pinhook Draw fight]] (15-16 June 1881)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gjsentinel.com/special_sections/articles/deadly_confrontation_in_utah_t |title=Deadly confrontation in Utah took place shortly before GJ incorporated |last=Jordan |first=Kathy |publisher=The Daily Sentinel |date=January 20, 2012 |access-date=April 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150404112855/http://www.gjsentinel.com/special_sections/articles/deadly_confrontation_in_utah_t |archive-date=April 4, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
*[[Beaver Creek Massacre]] (June 19, 1885) – Cases of cattle-rustling by the Utes on white cattlemen caused tensions that eventually led to a skirmish between the two parties in [[Beaver Creek (Dolores, Colorado)|Beaver Creek]]. In the gunfight that ensued, cowboys killed six Mountain Ute Indians. It was the last major confrontation between Ute Indians and white settlers in Colorado.<ref>[https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/beaver-creek-massacre Beaver Creek Massacre]</ref>
*[[Ute War (1887)]]
*[[Bluff War]] (1914–1915)
*[[Bluff Skirmish]] (1921)
*[[Posey War]] (1923)

==See also==
*[[Battle Creek, Utah|Battle Creek Massacre]]
*[[Sioux Wars]]
*[[Apache Wars]]
*[[Navajo Wars]]
*[[Comanche Wars]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book | last = Decker | first = Peter R. | title = The Utes Must Go! | publisher = Fulcrum Publishing | location = Golden | year = 2004 | isbn = 1-55591-465-9 }}

{{Ute people}}
{{Native American people and the Latter Day Saint movement}}

[[Category:Military history of the United States|Ute]]
[[Category:Wars involving the United States|Ute]]
[[Category:History of Colorado|Ute]]
[[Category:Wars fought in Utah|Ute]]
[[Category:Wars fought in Arizona|Ute]]
[[Category:Mormonism and Native Americans]]