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Show ii M 5 R 0 H A N D U M January 4, 1928. 3e clai:n3 of Uta3 of Utah., - Colorado and New Mexico. t-r XR y Uintah and '.'/hite Hiver Utes, Utah. r° The "crinci"oal claim of these hands in Utah, is for the value of * - fy their land3 witmn their reservation whicn were ceded to the United %& States "by the agreement ratified by the Act of May 27, 1302 (32 Stat., 253) which land3 were to "be sold thereunder for their benefit "but were by Executive Order taken for the Uintah Porest Reservation - approximately 1,010,000 acres. This claim is similar to that of the Confederated Bands of Utes v/ho, "under agreement ratified by the Act of June 15, 1380 (21 Stat., 199), were to have their land3 not needed for allotment sold by flne United States. Su.cn land3 were taken for forestry purposes and a jurisdictional act was obtained sending the claims of these Ute3 to the Court of Claims (Act of March 3, 1909, 55 Stat., 783) with the result that t^o favorable judgments were obtained - alay 23, ^310 (45 Ct. Cls. 440) for .53,408,611.40 and February 13, 1911 (45 Ct. Cls. 225) for 5107,519.55. The claim of the Confederated Ut33 included the Uintah and ./hite Hiver Bands and also the Uncompahgre; and these confederated bands are still encirjlau to the surface value ,of the- lands in Colorado still undisposed of by the United States, and' the value of any minerals which may be extracted therefrom. The claims of ths Uintah and 7/hite Hiver Bands al30 include the following: 1. For use and occupation by the Government of reservation land3 for nulitary post3; and for coal and timber taken from such lands for Government purposes. 2. i'or water right3 on rivers flowing through their reservation. 3. For an adjustment or accounting for moneys received and expended by the Government belonging to these Indians since their reservation was established by Executive Order in 1861 - such moneys arising from agricultural, grazing, mineral leases as well as for sale of lands, etc. |