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<br />. <br />, <br /> <br />: <br /> <br />passed over a quarter of Colorado. <br /> <br />The extent of that reservation was substantially trimmed <br /> <br />by the Brunot Agreement of 187~ /18 Stat. 36/. The tribes <br /> <br />ceded a large portion of the San Juan Mountains to the United <br /> <br />States, giving up all rights to that land except for hunting <br /> <br />and fisning rights. Regulation of hunting in the Brunot Ces- <br /> <br />sion was the subject of a recent suit and agreement signea <br /> <br />between the state and the tribes. e~QQ1~_~~n~te. That <br /> <br />suit did not involve water rights, although it is conceivable <br /> <br />that the United States or tribes could assert reserved water <br /> <br />rights for that area to the extent necessary to maintain <br /> <br />the fish and game so that tribal members can exercise their <br /> <br />hunting and fishing rights. <br /> <br />Following the Meeker Massacre of 1879 an agreement <br /> <br />was reached with the Utes in 1880 /21 Stat. 199/ whereby <br /> <br />they would cede all the territory of the Ute Reservation in <br /> <br />Colorado except for designated areas. The indians were to <br /> <br />remove themselves either to the unoccupied agricultural <br /> <br />land in the La Plata Valley, or similar land in the Grand <br /> <br />Valley near present day Grand Junction or utah. <br /> <br />Two years later, by Act of 28 July 1882 /22 Stat. 178/, <br /> <br />Kappler lBO, all of the portion of the Ute Reservation occu- <br /> <br />pied by the Uncompahgre and White River Utes was declared <br /> <br />public domain and opened for homesteading. The secretary <br /> <br />-9- <br />