Show Indian boundary claims takes in oil shale lands This week Uintah County and Vernal City CHy officials were presented with a page 12 discussion draft called an agreement to resolve the present dispute with the Ute Indian Tribe concerning boundaries and civil and criminal jurisdiction of the U O 0 Indian Reservation instead of going to litigation The agreement prepared by the Ute Tribe defined the original exterior boundaries of the Indian reservation to extend east to the Colorado state line including all of Uintah County from about 4 miles south of Jensen The west boundary according to the definition of the exterior boundary extends into Wasatch County The new boundary would include all of the oil shale lands in Uintah County |