Utah Judge Says Tribe's Split Estate Lands Not Indian Country

By Crystal Owens · March 24, 2026, 3:43 PM EDT

A Utah federal judge has determined that split estate lands within the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation are not Indian Country, saying that decades of precedent in the dispute over the...

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Case Information

Case Title

Ute Indian Tribe v. UT, et al, et al

Case Number

2:75-cv-00408

Court

Utah

Nature of Suit

Other Statutory Actions

Date Filed

August 03, 1992