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<br />001152 <br /> <br />THE PROJECT V ARIES WITH THE TIME OF YEAR AND THE PARTICULAR <br />CONTRACT BEING EXECUTED, WEEMINUCHE GENERALLY EMPLOYS ABOUT <br />100 PEOPLE, ABOUT 67 OF WHOM ARE NATIVE AMERICAN. WEEMINUCHE <br />ALSO UTILIZES MANY SUBCONTRACTORS, MANY OF WHICH ARE LOCAL TO <br />THE AREA. <br /> <br />THE HANDS-ON ROLE THE UTE MOUNTAIN UTE TRIBE HAS PLAYED IN <br />CULTURAL RESOURCES MITIGATION AND PROJECT CONSTRUCTION VERY <br />SIMPLY ADDS MORE SIGNIFICANCE TO OUR WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT, <br />THE HISTORY OF WHICH SPANS MORE THAN TWO DECADES AND <br />REPRESENTS VERY REAL COOPERATION BETWEEN OUR TWO TRIBES AND <br />OUR NON-INDIAN NEIGHBORS IN THE SAN JUAN BASIN. THE IMPETUS <br />BEHIND THE ACT IS TO PROVIDE TO THE TRIBES THE WATER THEY WERE <br />PROMISED, BUT, IN THE END, WE SINCERELY HOPE THIS RESERVOIR WILL <br />HELP TO BETTER SERVE THE NEEDS OF ALL PEOPLE IN THE AREA, <br />PARTICULARLY DURING THESE TIMES OF DROUGHT AND SEVERE WATER <br />SHORTAGES. WE WANT THIS PROJECT TO REMIND PEOPLE FOREVER THAT <br />THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S TRUST RESPONSIBILITY TO NATIVE PEOPLES <br />CAN RESULT IN GREAT THINGS FOR ALL PEOPLE,AND THAT BYWORKINGu <br />TOGETHER, LOCAL RESIDENTS, TRIBES, LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL <br />GOVERNMENTS CAN ACHIEVE REAL, TANGIBLE SUCCESS. <br />