Donate to the Original Peoples of the Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountain, a national park in Colorado, is renowned for its stunning natural splendor, including many of the highest peaks on Turtle Island. But for centuries before its discovery and population by outsiders, this paradise was home exclusively to several Indigenous Peoples, many of whom still live close by.
Please use the donation form to the right to help fund the sacred defense of Indigenous communities associated with the Rocky Mountains — and click Read More below to learn more about its original inhabitants. When you contribute $100 or more, we'll include a trial membership to the Lakota People's Law Project!
In alphabetical order, here are peoples we understand to be traditionally associated with the lands occupied by Rocky Mountain National Park:
Assiniboine
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma
Comanche Nation
Eastern Shoshone
Kiowa Tribe
Lakota Tribes
Northern Arapaho Tribe
Northern Cheyenne
Southern Ute
Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation
Ute Mountain Ute