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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />(Mr. Madsen then showed a series of slides showing the aetivities in an <br />area of Tracts U-a and U-b.) <br /> <br />Mr. Madsen: On behalf of the White River shale project, I would like <br />again to express our ap~reciation for the opportunity of being here <br />today. Although we don t have all the answers, we hope that it has been <br />informative and of some value to you. <br /> <br />We see this meeting as a milestone in our efforts to develop water <br />supplies for our project activities. It has been mentioned and suggested <br />this morning that it is very obvious to all of you that without an <br />adequate water supply for our project activities, the likelihood of the <br />oil shale development continuing in the Utah area is very, very slim. <br /> <br />Thank you very much for your time. <br /> <br />Mr. Stapleton: I am sure the Utah Board knows all the answers. If they <br />want to ask some questions, or the member of the Colorado Board. If <br />not, Mr. Olsen, do you think this is a good time for a break before you <br />get in your third item? <br /> <br />Mr. Olsen: An appropriate time. <br /> <br />(Whereupon, a recess was taken at 10:30 a.m.) <br /> <br />AFTER RECESS <br /> <br />Mr. Stapleton: Ladies and gentlemen, we will continue the meeting. <br />Mr. Olsen, if you will take over with the next item. <br /> <br />Mr. Olsen: Mr. Sparks mentioned to you that an important part of this <br />whole package is the Indian situation. So our next presentation will be <br />by John Boyden, general counsel for the Ute tribe. <br /> <br />Mr. Boyden: Gentlemen of the Colorado and Utah Boards, ladies and <br />gentlemen, I represent the Uinta and Ouray tribes. In spite of the <br />differnce in pronunciation, I think you will notice this has a Colorado <br />flavor about it. The Ute Indian tribe of the Uinta - Ouray reservation <br />in Utah is composed of three bands, the Uintas who were native Utahns <br />and then the Uncompahgre and White Rivers tribes that were driven from <br />Colorado. These people have an organized government under the Wheeler- <br />Howard Act. I think you referred to them largely as Northern Utes, and <br />we refer to your group here as the Southern Utes. <br /> <br />The situation is such that we now have an organized government that has <br />rights and recognitions. The day of driving them from pillar to post, <br />I hope, has forever ceased. Now we have an idea of what our rights <br />are, and are very interested in not only protecting those rights, but <br />in developing them. <br /> <br />We come not with an antagonistic attitude at all. We come, however, with <br />a firm determination as to what our rights are, and the plea that we <br />be considered in the planning of whatever goes on in the White River. <br /> <br />-55- <br />