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<br />" <br /> <br />was directed to establish a line between the lands restored <br /> <br /> <br />to the public domain and those lands occupied by the Soutnern <br /> <br />Utes. It appears ~hat this act disestablished all of the <br /> <br /> <br />Ute Reservation except that portion occupied by the Southern <br /> <br />Utes. <br /> <br />Tne Act of 20 February 1895 /28 Stat. 677/ Kappler <br /> <br /> <br />555, allowed members of the Southern Ute Tribe to take allot- <br /> <br /> <br />ments from the land then on their reservation. It also <br /> <br /> <br />re-established the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation with nearly <br /> <br />its present boundaries. The Act also directed the president <br /> <br /> <br />to issue a proclamation opening the rest of the Southern <br /> <br />Ute Reservation to settlement by non-indians. That procla- <br /> <br />mation was not issued unti129 March 1899 /31 Stat. 1947/. <br /> <br /> <br />Further adjustments to the boundaries of the reservations <br /> <br /> <br />were made when Mesa Verde (1913) was expanded and Navajo <br /> <br /> <br />Reservoir was built (1962). <br /> <br /> <br />Each of the changes in the boundaries of the reserva- <br /> <br />tion must be ascertained by more complete documentary research. <br /> <br />Once all of the changes and dates of those changes have <br /> <br /> <br />been aetermined, maps will have to be prepared depicting <br /> <br />the changes in reservation boundaries from the initial treaty <br /> <br /> <br />to present boundaries. Preferaoly, overlays could be pre- <br /> <br /> <br />pared so that the status of each portion of the reservation <br /> <br /> <br />can be illustrated. <br /> <br />-10- <br />