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Show Paiute Tribal Council elected of property taxes. The Cedar City Band had never had a reservation. reser-vation. The Shivwits Band owns 26,680 acres of land that is currently held in trust.' m v . . - I j.ir.) ..,r uj An interim Tribal Council, chaired by Mrs. Marguerite, Lane of Kanosh, has been elected by the Paiute tribal members to implement the Utah Restoration Act passes last year by the National congress. The Council's initial tasks are to establish an official tribal membership mem-bership roll by verification of descen-dency, descen-dency, age, and blood; to oversee the drafting and adoption of a tribal constitution and bylaws; and to conduct the election of tribal officials to serve as the central tribal government. The law restores the Banks of Paiute Indians of Utah and restores or confirms the same relationship to the Cedar City band. A significant provision of the Restoration Act is the development of a reservation plan. After the enactment of the 1954 termination legislation, the Kanosh, Koosharem, and Indian Peaks Bands lost most of their former reservation land through sale or from non-payment |