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<br />of the project. The addition of this service has been made a part <br />of the current plan for the Dolores Project. <br />By tribal Resolution Number 2204, dated September 24, 1973, the Ute <br />Mountain Ute Tribal Council once again reaffirme4 its desire for <br /> <br />and support of the Dolores Project as presently formulated. <br />, <br /> <br />Tribal interest has also been manifested by 14 trips to Washington <br /> <br />by tribal leaders and individuals to support the project before <br /> <br />members of Congress. They are convinced that the benefits derived <br /> <br />from the project would significnatly further the goal of self- <br /> <br />determination for the Ute Mountain Ute Indians. <br /> <br />8. Litigation- <br /> <br />On November 14, 1972, the Department of Justice in behalf of the Ute <br /> <br />Mountain and Southern Ute Indians filed on the waters of the Dolores <br /> <br />and San Juan Rivers for a definition of reservation rights under <br /> <br />the Winters Doctrine, Although this filing was later revised to <br /> <br />exclude the Dolores River, any Indian water rights established and <br /> <br />dated to 1868 would pre-date all existing rights and have serious <br /> <br />if not disasterous effects on the locally established agricultural <br /> <br />economy.. <br /> <br />The Supreme Court of the United States recently ruled in this case <br /> <br />that Federal water rights should be obtained throught the State. <br /> <br />Courts of Colorado. Recent filings by the Department of Justice <br /> <br />in State Court, Water Division Number 7 (W-1603-76 US), now include <br /> <br />the Dolores River and assert clais for waters for use on the Reservation. <br /> <br />If these claims should be granted superior to all existing water <br />