In fact, the mountain range when seen in profile is said to resemble the chief of the Ute tribe lying down with arms folded across his chest. The highest peak in the Ute Mountains is called the Sleeping Ute Mountain and is a sacred place for the Ute Tribe.
It is an area that covers parts of southwest Colorado and neighboring Utah and New Mexico.
Colorado’s Native American casinos are found within the Ute Mountain National Reservation, where the Southern Ute Tribe has lived officially since 1897.
