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Show - 7* under the three areas of that suit the Utes were legally authorised to receive $ 6 million from the government for 13 million acres of land disposed of as free hom © st © ad © and for 161,243 acres taken by th ® government 12 for i t s own use* It was estimated that the Ute Tribe account had received $ 1,170,025* 87 for 605,000 acres © old by the government* Th ® other two cases, 47564 and 47556, concerning the sub- value of th © land and th ® resource value of th ® land ® taken as national forest hav © not been settled in full to th ® present time; however, the Indians Claims Commission has acted on the claims, Th © final judgment for cases 45585 and 46640 was reached in July of 1950, Ejy th ® end of thejyear th © tribal office ® had accepted th © judgment of th © court* In doing so they accepted one of th © largest claims ever judged upon favorably by th ® Court of daljas* It was ind © « d a high point in th ® history of Ut@- Government relations* Th ® second part of this report i s to © how what has b © ® n done with the Ute settlement money by showing what developmental programs hav © been started to aid the Northern Ut © peopl © to become competitive in today* © world. By th ® terms of the settlement the Northern Ut © s ( Uintah, Whit © River and Uncompahgre) received $ 17 million; and since there were only 1,700 Ute © ® liglMl@ t i t was felt this would meet th © social and eoonomic needs of thes © peopl © * Und © r th © Reorganisation Act of 193**-. th © Ut ® Trlb © incorporated and established a business council of six member © with on © member being chosen a ® chairman* This committee, under corporate law, has been, and © till i s , responsible to a general eouneil composed of all th © members of the tribe* This council* ® responsibility |