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<br />001555 <br /> <br />f$ <br /> <br />have, enjoyed had there been construction of the facilities <br />contemplated in the 1922 Compact and authorized in the 1956 <br />Colorado River storage Project Act. <br /> <br />:it <br /> <br />The United states has a trustee obligation to assist the <br />Tribes of the Colorado River to fully develop their resources. <br />That is the meaning of the phrase in, the 1922 Compact that nothing <br />in this compact shall affect the obligations of the United states <br />to the Indian Tribes. The necessity of having the Tribes pursue <br />water marKeting with respect to portions of their senior water <br />rights can best be seen by a brief comparison of the wealth of <br />several of the Colorado River Basin Tribes when compared with the <br />wealth of their nonlndian neighbors. For example, the three Ute <br />Tribes in the Upper Basin had'asof 1980 thefollowingperca:pita <br />incomes, $2,903 Southern ute; $2,543 ute Mountain utei and, $2,897 <br />Northern ute. In contrast, the Colorado River Basin per capita <br />income in Utah was $5,500i and, in Colorado was $5,970. Also in <br />contrast are the 1980 per capi ta incomes: for Los Angeles of <br />$8,5~2i for San Diego of $7,889 and for Phoenix Of $7,781. These <br />figures confirm that as to their nonIndian Upper Basin neighbors <br />the per capita income of the three ute Tribes equals 48% and when <br />contrasted with the average net income of the Los Angeles, San <br />Diego and Phoenix, the Ute Tribes' per capita income of 1980 is <br />34%. <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />~: <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />29 <br /> <br />1.-_ , <br />