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<br />- --'.. \J <br /> <br />whlchever was sooner, and then they consented to the use of 34,000 <br />acre feet at the plant. <br /> <br />Another Navajo agreement was made 1n 1957. The Navajos <br />waived an 1868 water pr10rHy on the San Juan River which was 1n <br />confl1ct wHh the San Juan-Chama project. Congress had made funding <br />of the San Juan-Chama project contingent on settlement of the Indian <br />cla1ms to the San Juan River. The tr1be agreed to share water <br />shortages w1th other project benef1c1ar1es. <br /> <br />The wisdom of both Navajo agreements has come 1nto quest10n. <br />Ne1ther the number of Jobs nor the amount of revenue that was prom1sed <br />the Navajos from the power plant has come through. 01ssatHact1on <br />wHh the arrangement has 1ncreased, and the val1dHy of the tr1be's <br />approval of the agreement 1s be1ng challenged. In the second deal the <br />tribe comprom1sed 1ts valuable water r1ghts 1n exchange for an <br />1 rr1 gati on project wHh a lot of econom1 c prob 1 ems and m1 smanagement. <br />The Navajo Indian Irrigation Project has changed 1ts purpose from <br />ald1ng family farms to prov1ding water for major corporate farms wh1ch <br />the Navajo project best serves. <br /> <br />Another attempt at settlement was made by the utes of the <br />U1ntah and Ouray Reservat10n 1n Utah. When the Central Utah Project <br />was be1ng planned 1n the 1960's, Central Utah Water Conservancy <br />01str1ct and the Bureau of Reclamat10n went to the Ind1ans and asked <br />them to defer development of water on 15,000 acres of the1r <br />reservat10n 1n order to allow the Project to be bunt. The tr1be was <br /> <br />- 10 - <br />