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<br />001150 <br /> <br />* . IT PROMOTES PRIDE IN OUR WORK AND THE BENEFIT IT BRINGS TO <br />OUR HOMELAND AND OUR PEOPLE. <br />THESE BENEFITS ULTIMA TEL Y MAKE THE TRIBE STRONGER AND BETTER <br />ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN ITS OWN EVOLUTION. <br /> <br />AFTER AMENDMENTS TO THE SETTLEMENT ACT WERE PASSED IN 2000 AND <br />THE PROJECT WAS ORDERED TO PROCEED, WE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN OUR <br />DIRECT ROLE IN PROJECT DEVELOPMENT BY CONTRACTING THE <br />CULTURAL RESOURCES MITIGATION RESPONSIBILITIES WHICH MUST BE <br />COMPLETED PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION AND WHICH CONTINUE <br />THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT. <br /> <br />THE UTE MOUNTAIN UTE TRIBE AND THE SOUTHERN UTE INDIAN TRIBE <br />ENTERED INTO THE CONTRACT FOR CULTURAL RESOURCES MITIGATION IN <br />2002. THE AREA SURROUNDING THE PROJECT IS VERY IMPORTANT <br />ARCHAEOLOGICALLY IN THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF ARTIFACTS, <br />RANGING PRIMARILY FROM 2,000 TO 10,000 YEARS OLD, AND THE AREA IS <br />ALSO IMPORTANT TO OUR TRIBES CUL TURALL Y IN THAT IT CONTAINS A <br />PORTION OF A POPULAR ROUTE THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS THAT- WAS . <br />USED BY THE UTE PEOPLE FOR GENERA nONS. I AM PLEASED TO INFORM <br />YOU THAT THE CONTRACT HAS PROVEN TO BE A GREAT SUCCESS IN AREAS <br />THA T ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE TRIBES: <br />