Opening on June 12, 2025, Until Forever Comes: This is Ute Homeland is the result of five years of consultation with our Tribal partners: the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, and Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation. This permanent exhibition centers the ongoing history and culture of the Ute People in the Pikes Peak region, in their own words. 

Until Forever Comes: This is Ute Homeland is part of a decades-long process of relationship building and consultation by the Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services Department with official representatives of the three Ute Tribes. This exhibit follows similar collaboration on the Garden of the Gods Master Plan in the early 1990s. It is inspired by outreach to tribal leaders to preserve park sites, such as Pulpit Rock Open Space and the undeveloped Jimmy Camp Creek Park. We know that Native voices have a role in preservation and programming efforts, and that to share ongoing Ute History and Culture – the Ute People need to be centered in the process. The Ute not only embody the long history of human habitation in the Pikes Peak region — they are also part of who we are today and what we can be in the future.

This permanent exhibit was developed after five years of consultation – or conversations – with Tribal Historians, Ute Elders, and Tribal representatives from the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe, and the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation. After centuries of forced removal, assimilation efforts, and the repeatedly inaccurate portrayal of Native American History, it is essential for visitors to read, encounter, and thoughtfully consider ongoing Ute History and Culture in the stories, words, images, and objects of the Ute People themselves. The role of the CSPM is to facilitate and center Ute History in the Pikes Peak region – and now it is up to you to determine how you respectfully engage with Until Forever Comes: This is Ute Homeland.