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<br />. <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />and reserved for use of the Indian Tribe. The United States, on <br />behalf of the Ute tlountain Ute Indian Tribe, claims rights in <br />and to the use of waters of the Mancos and San Juan Ri vers and <br />waters tributary thereto in the State of Colorado, located on said <br />reservation; including surface, ground, and underground waters <br />which were unappropriated on r.larch 2, 1868, and which are or vlill <br />become reasonably necessary for the present and future needs of <br />the Indians in fulfillment of the purposes for liilich the reserva- <br />tion lias created.... That the court determine and decree that the <br />United States holds for the benefit of tile Ute Nountain Ute Tribe <br />of Indi1\ns the right to divert and use so much of tile waters of <br />the flancos and San Juan Rivers and lIaters tributary thereto in the <br />State of Colorado, located on tile Ute t~ountain Ute Indian Reserva- <br />tion, as is or Inay becol"e reasonably necessary for the needs of said <br />Ute Nountain Ute Tribe of Indians, in fulfillment of tile purposes <br />for which tne reservation was created, ana that such right be <br />declared to he_ve a priority date of r/larch 2, 1868 (see Attachment 2). <br />It is clear from the above, that the f10untain Ute Tribe of Indians <br />stand to gain considerable \-Iater volume over that presently allocated <br />if their treaty rights are upheld. Further, it is also clear tllat <br />such an increase lIill affect not only the Indian Residents but a signi- <br />ficant percentage of the off-Reservation \lhite population in this sector <br />of Colorado. Finally, it is also clear that with the stated development <br />plans of the Ute must also carole concommitant analysis of the social and <br />economic costs and benefits of such development if these people are to <br />ensure their cultural and economic viability in the future. <br /> <br />.",.- <br />