Show energy area once was domain of Rovin roving utes IGNACIO IGNAC 10 colo almost all the energy area of the colorado plateau once belonged d to 0 o the ute indians a nomadic t tribe ribe of 0 many bands who claimed the colorado roki nor kin q and foothills as their heritage from the great spirit and who held hold them for centuries against all invaders just how many ites vies there were in the days before tle the white man came Is uncertain never more than it would seem an and more probably only about haft halt that number there still are utes on the colorado plateau not so many as there once were aut but nearly still divided now into three tribes their domain has dwindled in the last hundred years to a tiny fraction ot of its former size bu but t their three reservations still encompass more than a million acres of land much of which contributes to the plateaus energy production As yet no uranium deposits have been found on ute land but none of the reservations has been prospected to any great degree renumber A number of companies and private individuals have asked u permission pel mission to explore the prof properties however and it would seem very probable that the utes in the future will share ta in me th plateaus atomic wealth meanwhile each web of the reservations has considerable oil and gal gas land some under lease some already producing |