...construction of the Dolores Project. Our request of $500,000 to begin a project which means so much to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe is modest, but essential. There is no alternative for the Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute Indian...

...people, applaud the President's directive and foresight. However, we respectfully suggest that both the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe have have long recognized the benefits of such an approach and have been striving for many long years...

...eligible for construction funds in fiscal 1981. The Animas-La Plata Project will best assure that both the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe receive full benefit and use of precious water resources crucial to their ability to become self-sufficient....

...water resource development projects in cooperation with their non-Indian neighbors for many years. The Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe will receive allocations of substantial amounts of water from the Animas-La Plata Project for domestic,...

...THE COUNCIL OF UNITED UTE TRIBES WHEREAS, the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ourah Reservation, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe have established the council of United Ute Indian Tribes (CUUIT) to speak with a unified voice for...

...throughout the history of the Animas-La Plata Project we have received close cooperation and support of both the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe. Both of these Tribes have substantial amounts of land which would be served by the Animas-La Plata...

...rights, first recognized by the United States Suprer* Court in Winters v. United States, 207 US 561 (1908). Thriving communities like Durango, Colorado,...specifically, through congressional funding of the Aninas-La Plata Project. It is not idle conjecture to bring up at this time the threat of litigation...

...communities, we should not reject the opportunity when analogous circumstances obtain in Colorado, where the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe await the decision of this Committee, the action of the Congress, and the ultimate approval or disapproval...

...residents of La Plata County; and, WHEREAS, the Animas - La Plata Project will supply water needed by the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe so that they can maintain agricultural, industrial and cultural self-sufficiency and also provide a...

...residents of La Plate County; and, WHEREAS, the Animas - La Plate Project will supply water needed by the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe so that they can maintain agricultural, industrial and cultural self-.ufficiency and also provide a...