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Who was the most important Ute Chief, and why?
Ouray was the most important
Ute Indian Chief. He was fluent in several Native
American dialects, Spanish, and English, and the first to
establish diplomatic relations with the US Government.
The Uintah-Ouray reservation in Utah was named after him.