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<br />! <br /> <br />numerous times under numerous treaties. statutes and execu- <br />tive orders. A great deal of documentary research will be <br />necessary before the state will be able to address this <br />issue. Tne results of initial research in this area are out- <br />lined below. <br />The application claims reserved rights to those lands <br />described in (1) the Treaty of 18b8. /15 Stat. b19/, (2) ~~~ <br />Act of 15 October 196~ /16 Stat. 9541 as amended by the Act <br />of b Se~tember 19b3 /11 Stat. 140/. and (3) the Brunot Ces- <br />sion of 1874 118 Stat. j61 as described in the Act of 30 <br />June 1913 /38 Stat. 821. Tne landS described by the enumer- <br />ated documents do exceed the present boundaries of the reser- <br />vations. It is not clear from the application whether the <br />United States seekS to assert claims for reserved rights <br />off the reservations. <br />The Treaty of 25 July 1868 /15 Stat. 6191 is the first <br />document to address the boundaries of the Utes' Reservations. <br />In exchange for the tribe's relinquishing claims to all <br />other lands a reservation was established in Southwestern <br />Colorado for the Utes. The approximate boundaries of that <br />reservation were: from a point 37 deg. S 107 deg. W north <br />to 40 deg. N plus 15 miles thence due west to the western <br />boundary of Colorado then south to four corners then east <br />to the point of beginning. That original reservation encom- <br /> <br />-8- <br />