Most people who belonged to the Ute group of Native Americans lived in what is now Utah and Colorado, in the high western plains and in the Rocky Mountains. They built wooden houses called wickiups.
source:Carr, Karen, and Emerita. “Ute Houses - Wickiups - Native Americans.” Quatr.us Study Guides, 8 Aug. 2017, quatr.us/nativeamerican/ute-houses-wickiups-native-americans.htm.(bib)