Show BUSINESS activities NET INDIANS 1 MILLION LAST YEAR uto indians on the uintah ouray reservation inching toward economic independence took in more than 1000 lait last year in a wide range of but bus iness activities I 1 the indian indians organized into i a c corporation 0 r p 0 r a t io n a are r e in a I 1 large r g 0 measure e a a 1 independent n d e p e n d e n t 0 of at the h e am U S indian bureau about half of their income came from raising cattle and sheep trapping beaver cutting mine pro props s and leasing scattered tract trac r s the other chunk came from rentals and nd royse lei a paid by oil coma panics parties drilling on the million acre reservation i government handouts arc are not great reat in number for these indians mans only about of the 1588 tribesmen are getting welfare aid and according to reports about two thirds of these are aged and blind indians or dependent children being helped by the state the others are widows sick lame and crippled persons and othera others temporarily incapacitated being helped by the tribes own funds reginald 0 curry tribal business chairman says there Is rich and poor among ST his Is people just as there Is in any segment segment of the nations population A few have bank accounts that never drop below some are living with little food and clothing carl J harrison field supervisor for the utah department of public welfare after an exhaustive hau bau stive hoi horseback study of the utes prompted by reports of unrest last spring said there was no evidence to support the statement that there was serious need for food and clothing judgment tribal business leaders are determined to take plenty ot of time spending the judgment they and their fellow kinsmen won in colorado recently against the federal government ern ment even though some kofl the older indians are clamoring for the cash I 1 the judgment is just so many words on paper until congress appropriates money to cover the award hardheaded hard headed college trained tribal business leaders are being careful not alto to go out on a limb on the strength of the award at least not until they see the color of the money even if the indians are given funds to cover the award statutes provide that judgment money be deposited in the U S treasury to the indians ac ae I 1 count drawing four per cent in 1 terest and that it be spent then i only by congressional action 1 I 1 john S boyden salt lake city attorney and tribal counsel i who has been an interest in i 1 indian affairs for the past atwol two decades says the chances 4 are congress will apportion the mon money ey out a piece at a tj time me for specific projects that even ln in 1 allotments of aper per cap capi t i ita payments will be strung out over a period of several years |