Show receives grant to set goals for Ute T Tribe ri be Utah State Stale University researchers armed with a federal grant are working with the Ute Indian Tribe to define tribal goals and methods of realizing them The project is funded by a year two-year grant from the Interior Departments Department's Office of Water Research and Technology A. A B. B Crawford director of the Policy Research Program and principal in investigator investigator investigator in- in on the Ute project said the study is being conducted con ducted at a time when the tribe must make range long-range decisions on allocation of their energy and water resources SELDOM DOES a day go by that some industry isn't out there with a proposal for using resources owned by the Utes Ules Crawford said Current choices in natural resource management may bethe be bethe bethe the key to the Utes' Utes keen interest interest interest in in- terest in this study They have lots of oil shale coal natural gas and probably gold and other valuable minerals on the reservation and the Indians want to understand what they have how to use it most efficiently efficiently ef and what effect different dif ferent uses will have on tribal well TI It STUDY group spent four months working with 24 members of the tribe to determine the Utes' Utes goals and came up with four general areas of concern self self- determination economic well- well being social socia well-being well and environmental quality duality These goals and sub-goals sub under each eacIl heading will be used in a questionnaire to be submitted to other tribal al members members' in an effort to determine whether hether all Utes I agree on the goals |