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Show IIndians Indians Want WantITo WantTo WantTo ITo To See Basin BasinIResources BasinResources BasinResources IResources Resources GrowOran Grow GrowOran I , Oran Curry Indian forest ranger ran ranlier ranger lier ger tor for the Uintah do & Ouraaagency Ouray Ourayagency Ourayagency [ agency , who was in Vernal Vem l tattend to toattend toattend ( attend the federal fire schooMonday school schoolMonday Monday , in discussing the ex expi exploration exploration ploration pi oration for oil on Indian lands landssaid , , said 'We We * ' We are not objecting to tothe t tthe the development of the resourcesof resources resourcesof resourceof ! of the Umtah Uintah Basin bu but buj wewould we wewould w wwould < would like to know where westand w wstand we westand < stand We feel that we hov hovConstitutional have haveConstitutional haveConstitutional Constitutional Rights in our ownership own ownership ownership ership of ceded lands and do nofeel not aoi notfeel aoifeel feel that they should be takerfrom taken thken takenfrom thkenfrom from us and given to othersMr othersMr others othersMr Mr Curry was formerly formerlychairman formerlychairman formerlschairman chairman of the Indian tribal tribalcouncil tribalcouncil tribacouncil council He said the Uncompah Uncompahgre gre Reservation of the Ute Uu , Exten Extension Extenlion Extension sion lion , some two million mUl10n acres , was wasset wasset wasset i set aside by executive order ir1882 in 1882 , which gave the Indians the theright theright th thright < right to select allotments in thaiarea that thatarea thatarea area He has made several trip trips tripsto trips tripsto : to Washington concefning concerning the theclaims theclaims claims of the Indians and only onlylast onlylast last March made a trip to the na national national national tional capitalHe capital capitalHe He objected to the area being beingcalled beingcalled beincalled ( called Public Domain as the theIndians theIndians th thIndians < Indians had lived there all their theirlives theirlives thelilives lives and did not fee feeJ feel ? that it felwithin fell fellwithin fellwithin within the class of governmentcontrolled governmencontrolled government governmentcontrolled controlled land landThere landThere landThere There is no ill feelings between be- be between between - - tween the Indians and the whit white whitpeople whitepeople whiteeople < people ) eople said the former interper interperter interperer interperter ter er but our homes and lands are aredear arcdear , dear gear to us We have tried to tomake tohake t tmake < make hake ; equitable settlement liiettlement of the thearea thearea th tharea < area but have so far been unsec unseccessful unseccessful unseccessful unseccessfulMr cessful cessfulMr Mr Curry explained explamed that th thIndians the theIndians thefndians < Indians fndians did not expect to keelthe keep keepthe keephe the he entire area of the Uncompahgre Uncompahfre Uncompah gre fre reservation but only wantefa wanteda wantedi wanted a i part of it We have alreadypaid already alreadypaid alreadyaid paid ) aid a third million for lands on onHill orHill , Hill Creek which are within wlthm the thearea thearea th tharea < area said the well-educated well educated - - In Indian InIlan Indian IndianWe dian Ilan dianWe IlanWe We don t believe beheve it would be benecessary benecessary b bnecessary necessary to look for oil as w whave we wehave wesave < 1 have save sufficient evidence tha'there thathere that thathere ' t there here is a wealth weal th of it on ouilands our ourlands ourands r lands ands said Mr Curray |