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Show Appendix B Land Claim 151 and the boundaries of this band were also described in detail). The Commission and the lawyers were apparently satisfied with the following conclusion: . . . taking of the lands in question couldn't have occurred before 1847, the year the Mormon pioneers entered Salt Lake Valley, and possibly began shortly thereafter and continued on into the 1880's or later. This matter of the taking date is of considerable importance in fixing fair market value because ordinarily the later the taking date the higher the market value. It is probable that had the taking date, the value of the land at the time of the taking, and the boundaries of Nuwuvi territory been precisely determined, the Nuwuvi would have received more money. As the case becomes known more fully and widely, perhaps the question of the fairness of the court's decision will be reopened. Another aspect of the case may also be the basis for more hearings. Although expert witnesses included land south of the Colorado River in Utah and Arizona in the maps of Nuwuvi territory, claim to this land was dropped during the proceedings. The Navajo and Hopi were also claiming this land south of the Colorado. The Nuwuvi lawyers decided not to press the Nuwuvi claim, even though the evidence is ample that this was at one time their land. The lawyers apparently felt they could not establish exclusive use and occupancy. In such cases, where two tribes claim the same area and both have evidence of use and occupancy, the settlement for the land is often split. Had the lawyers made such a claim, the Nuwuvi settlement again could have been larger. As it is, Nuwuvi now living in this area did not receive any claims money. These Nuwuvi are in fact preparing a claim and hopefully they will receive some compensation. The disbursement of the funds ($7,522 to each adult Nuwuvi) and how they were to be used became the subject of an investigation and report by the Department of Interior. In 1968 a social and economic survey of the Utah Nuwuvi was undertaken. The purpose of the study was to determine how the claims money could best be spent. The study reveals that the Nuwuvi were much less well off than their white neighbors and that more than $7,000 dollars would be required if they were to "start at go" in the white community. The social and economic survey was conducted among 121 Nuwuvi |