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<br />contract for repayment. In the project we have 10,600 acre-feet of <br />water and some 1,200 people that this takes care of, and below this <br />are Indian lands. It takes every bit of the Mancos River at this <br />time plus the supplemental water out of Jackson Gulch to take care <br />of this. As you well know, the Indians have brought suit against the I <br />water rights in the Mancos River and we are working with the Indians. <br />If they can get water in these projects they will release their paper <br />water rights for the Mancos River. And if not, the economy of the <br />Mancos Valley is very surely to he lost. Thank you. <br /> <br />Mr. Stapleton: Thank you, Mr. Alexander. <br /> <br />Mr. Mavnes: <br />introduce to <br />Southern Ute <br />Ute Mountain <br />on behalf of <br /> <br />Mr. Chairman, members of the board, I would now like to <br />the board Mr. Chris Baker, the vice-chairman of the <br />Indian tribe and Mr. Albert Wing, the chairman of the <br />Ute Indian tribe. Mr. Baker will make a presentation <br />the two tribes to the board. <br /> <br />Albert, will you stand up and Chris? And also we have Everett Burch, <br />Martha Evanson, and Irwin Taylor of the Tribal Council of the Southern <br />Utes. will you folks stand up please. All right, Chris Baker. <br /> <br />Mr. Baker: Thank you, Sam. Mr. Chairman and members of the Colorado <br />Water Conservation Board, my name is Chris Baker and I am the vice- <br />chairman of the Southern Ute Indian tribe. I have with me today <br />Mr. Albert Wing, the chairman of the Ute Mountain Ute tribe. We <br />are appearing here today in support of the Animas-La Plata recla- <br />mation project. <br /> <br />As you gentlemen know, the Colorado Ute tribes have supported water <br />resources development in the state of Colorado for many years, par- <br />ticularly the Animas-La Plata project. The Ute Mountain Utes are <br />also concerned with the Dolores project. Earlier this year when the <br />administration failed to recommend any additional advance planning <br />~unds for the Colorado water reclamation projects, both Chairman Wing <br />and Leonard Burch, chairman of the Southern Ute tribe, as well as <br />other tribal representatives went to Washington, D. C., together with <br />members.of the water conservancy district, to discuss with the Colo- I <br />rado congressional delegation the adverse effects of the lack of <br />funding for these projects. We also presented a possible solution <br />to the non-Indian water problem in southwestern Colorado brought <br />about as a result of the lawsuit filed on behalf of the two Ute <br />tribes in November of 1972 by the United States Justice Department. <br /> <br />-11- <br />