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Cultural Ute MOtlntalfl Ute Indian lilt1\) dancers perlorlll Our cultural heritage is a nonrenewable resource. RecogniZing this, the cultural resources program, implemented by the Upper Colorado Region, concentrates on providing the planning and construction branches with the necessalY data on cultural resources to minimize any adverse effects of Reclamation projects, Inhouse and contract surveys are conducted to locate, test and evaluate the resources and, if necessary, data recovery IS under- taken through contract to mitigate major project impacts, The initial stage of location and evaluation of the data is accomplished inhouse as well as by contract. The Grand Junclion Projects Office, the Utah Projects Office, and the Cortez Construction Office have archeologists. This provides the avenue to integrate the management of cultural resources with the overall goals of tile Bureau of Reclamation. Three projects, under Executive Order 11593, deal with surveys of tile Bonneville and Vernal Units of the Central Utah Pro- jects and the Provo River Project. Tile Class 22 "-..:' "Y., ~& ~"""",ii.t., '0 iF."" .._ Arclwo-magnetic samples are bnmg collected Irorn (~rass MesD. Village site ..'';, - .""" s ~ _~ .,.::+. '&:0" "~ .,.~ III surveys have been completed by the contractor and the reports are completed An inventory of artifacts recovered during the Old Dallas Historical Archeological Project was completed. Local museums have been contacted to display a selected sample of the artifacts from the proJect. The report is in the first stages of editing and is anticipated to be completed by December 1985 The largest ongoing project in the Upper Colorado Region IS the Dolores Archeo. logical Project (DAP). The project began In 1978. with the summer of 1984 seeing the completion of mitigation. Excavation has provided the archeologists with the data and artifacts to Interpret the Anasazi - the prehistoric people of the area. The DAP personnel will have recovered information from more than 200 sites within the project boundaries by the close of the 1984 field season The finai reports are due in 1986. These cultural resources belong to the people. To this end, the Bureau of Recla- mation has submitted to the E&R Center the deSign data package for the Anasazi Heritage Center. Once constructed, the center will house the artifacts recovered during the DAP activity and provide the public with a glimpse of the past that is now preserved as a national historic district.