Chipeta - Notable Native Americans
Chipeta was an advocate of Native rights a and diplomat. She used diplomacy to try to achieve peace with the white settlers in Colorado . Born a Kiowa-Apache, she was adopted into the Tavi'wachi Núuchi band of the Ute Nation. In 1859, she married Chief Ouray. Both Chipeta and Chief Ouray tried to separately to keep their people peaceful in the face of settler encroachment on their lands. Their mediation attempts stopped killings and attacks on both sides. In 1880 Chipeta and Chief Ouray led a delegation of Utes to Washington, DC to negotiate a treaty regarding reservation resettlement. They had tried to keep the San Juan Mountains and the surrounding land of their band in Ute hands, but eventually the U.S. government forced them onto the Uintah Indian Reservation in Utah Chipeta was known for being very giving to her people , maintaining a humble existence and traditional life until her death. In 1985, Chipeta was inducted into Colorado Women's Hall of Fame
