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Show 5 flu "i - i, i i , "liSiiii limn iiiiiiiirir:T::T j S l - ' 'ti y. ; . i tiUr . Dm Old Elk, a Ute Tribe spokesman, told ;i He Times-Independent he would like to f iioiss tourism promotion with local offi- lie Tribe Interested in Joining Area 3 Efforts to Promote Tourism, Industry i'- fe Ute Indian Tribe, is anted in promoting tour-a tour-a in cooperation with fN, San Juan and Uintah l' :il'ies a spokesman said V: ', Old Elk, Economic De-j, De-j, fluent Coordinator . for ,! He Tribe with headquar-, headquar-, si Ft. Duchesne, was in- :ved by Times - Inde- t at the Utah State ' ::j is past Sunday. j Je're exploring the pos-' pos-' :-fe of beginning am an- cials. He and his wife Carlene are pictured above in Uintah County's booth at the Utah State Fair. nual Powell, Celebration," Old Elk said "and would like to consult with county and city officials in the region involved in-volved with the project. Old Elk said that prominent promin-ent leaders in the tribe are desirous of bringing publicity to the area and attracting tourism. Making Powell's expedition ex-pedition of 100 years ago an annual subject would help publicize the area, Old Elk feels. Mr. Old Elk was asked al- so about the Tribe's thoughts on the proposed Book Cliffs Road. "A present proposal of the Tribe," he said, "is to allow the Hill Creek extension of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation Reser-vation to remain largely as it is for the purpose of creating creat-ing the world's largest game resort." The southern portion of the reservation is a pine and aspen as-pen covered plateau making up northern Grand County. Local officials have discussed discuss-ed possibilities of improving the jeep trail north from Thompson to connect with the reservation road resulting in a. north-south .tourist and industrial route. Ute Indian Tribe officials have not fully determined the future of the Hill Creek extension, ex-tension, Old Elk said. It is still in a talking stage. Officials Of-ficials were to discuss die prospect of logging the area this week, he added. The Tribe is presently logging the southern slope of the Uintah Mountains which amounts 1o two million board feet annual cut. If the Hill Creek Extension of the reservation becomes a game resort it is likely the Tribe will not encourage development de-velopment of a road in the proposed location. The Indian-owned cattle presently grazing in the southern portion por-tion of the reservation will be removed to the Uintah ranges and an enlarged elk and deer hunting program will be initiated. in-itiated. Old Elk recently accepted the newly created position of Ecomomic Development Coordinator Co-ordinator for the Tribe which is funded by the Office of Economics Ec-onomics for the Indian Com munity Action Projects. In his former position he drafted draft-ed the Ute Tribe's Industrial Development Brochure. He is past president of the All-American All-American Indian Council and regularly presents lectures onBthe American Indian. He and his wife Carlene are ac- complished traditional dancers danc-ers and have indicated willingness will-ingness in presenting their talents in future Moab celebrations. |