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Show - 8- and action hav © hem closely established to represent those of a stockholder in a business corporation with public subscription* Th ® action of th © tribe ha ® then hem overseen by th ® Bureau of Indian Affairs through their agents and area of fie © ® * After the land settlement, a planning board was established to help define th ® goals and th © best possible useag © of th © money as the tribe © aw fit* Both short* rang ® and long* rang © goals were mad ® with th © short* rang ® goal ® being to make th ® Ute ® more self- sufficient; thus, $ 1,000 per capita disbursements were made* Unfortunately » the buying habit ® of th © Utes had not been formed with th ® availability of such sums of money given in lump sums, so that much of th © disbursements were spent on good ® other than those basic to th © n@ ® ds of th © tribal members, Th © Tribal Business Committee, in this short- rang ® program, took over mor © of th ® ad& inistrational duties of th © trib © and started work on a longer- range set of goals and plans* Committees were established to work on problems such as education, gam © and fishing laws and rights, and credit. Before th © short- rang © goal © could be reached and the long-range plans developed to their fullest, trouble brok © out in the trib ® over th © amount of money a mixed- blood Ute should receiv © and whether th ® Uintah Ute ® should receive any of the settlement money at all sine © they had not composed a part of the Colorado Ute ® that had hmn moved by the Treaty of 1880* Communication pattern ® fell apart, and a situation of chaos developed* ^ v 1953- 54 many of th ® problems had been worked out and differences settled, at least m the surface* Th © long-rang ® plan ® were designed around a nine part program* This program was approved by the Tribe and th ® Bureau, in December of 195&* |