Show Ute jurisdictional dispute given up to courts A special governors governor's committee committee committee com com- set up to try to settle jurisdictional disputes between the Ute Indians and non-Indians non in eastern Utah has abandoned its efforts and left the problem to 10 the courts No one can make any substantial tradeoffs Bruce Parry chairman of the 25 member Special Study Committee Committee Committee Com Com- on the Ute Indian Tribe said Tuesday He lie said after speaking with tribal and local officials in eastern Utah he had concluded it would be impossible to reach any kind of consensus by this weekend He lie said he has called off the final three scheduled meetings of the committee formed by Gov Scott Matheson less than two weeks ago A 1 CASK SI FILED to test the jurisdictional issue is scheduled for trial in US U.S. District Court for Utah May 17 and attorneys for the tribe said they would ha have ve to begin preparing to try it if agreement were not reached by the weekend Gov Matheson said aid he was not surprised that the committee com com- made made up of tribal state local and federal r had failed to reach agreement lie He said he would ask Parry director of the states state's Division of Indian Affairs Affairs Af Af- fairs to give him a full report on the ne negotiations otla ion He lie said trying to settle the matter by discussion rather than litigation was the right way to go even though it failed and added Basically I feel that there will be some good come out of that dialogue TILE separating the Indians and their white neighbors neighbors neighbors neigh neigh- bors is civil and criminal jurisdiction over all lands within the original boundaries of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation More lore than 1 I million acres were withdrawn from the reservation by presidential proclamation at the turn of the century for homesteading The state and local officials claim that withdrawal effectively changes the boundaries of the reservation and they have jurisdiction over the lands The Indians claim the boundaries of the reserva reservation tion were never actually changed and they retain jurisdiction over the homesteaded lands |