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Show I Reservation News ... 1 I About The $ 8 UINTAH-OURAY INDIAN RESERVATION 7 WELL BABY CLINIC There will be the monthly Well-Baby and Maternity clinic in Whiterocks on Jan. 20, 1954, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Indian In-dian children from three months to 6 years of age are urged to attend. R-N ATTEND HEARING The Ute Indians have a large delegation in Salt Lake City this week to attend the hearing by the Commissioner appointed by the Court of Claims for the United States which began Jan. 11. The Commissioner is taking testimony and hearing claims filed against the United States by the Ute tribe for approximately approxi-mately 60,160 acres of land located lo-cated in the Strawberry Reservoir Reser-voir area. Another case being heard is the Ute Indian case against the United States seeking compensation compen-sation for the loss of approximately approxi-mately 11,500,000 acres of land in the vicinity of Spanish Fork. R-N LIQUOR PROBLEMS 1. Should the State of Utah be asked to repeal the Indian Liquor Law in conformity to National policy? 2. If the State repeals the Indian In-dian Liquor Law, should liquor and beer be sold on the reservation? reser-vation? ' " I 3. If liquor or beer should be authorized on the reservation, how should it be sold. a. By bottle, can, case, or package b. - Should liquor by the drink be dispensed. (This is now contrary to State law, except for beer) c. Should liquor or beer be sold in reservation stores, restaurants, or taverns? d. Who shall do the policing. polic-ing. e. Will the tribe set up a stiff license fee and have rules to supervise business. f. Should liquor license fees be covered into general fund or be used for law and order costs? g. Should beer only be allowed al-lowed on the reservation. h. Should beer only be allowed al-lowed to be sold on the reservation i. Should liquor or beer be dispensed in or near places used for gambling? R-N FIRE BURNS HOME The home of Mr. and Mrs. I Charley Cuch, located two miles east of Whiterocks, was completely destroyed by fire about 6 o'clock Sunday night. The family was in Roosevelt at the time of the fire, so no one was injured. In addition to the house, they lost everything in it. including furnishings, food and clothing. Mr. and Mrs. Cuch were in the Agency Office Monday, arranging ar-ranging for the construction of a new home on their farm. R-N 78 CHILDREN IN SCHOOL The Bureau of Indian Affairs release of April 24, 1953 states that the number of Indian children chil-dren attending public schools in the United States rose approxi-' mately 40 in the period 1942 to 1952. The release also states that 78 of the Indian children in the United States and Alaska are in schools of some kind. The number of Indian children chil-dren attending, public schools at this jurisdiction increased approximately ap-proximately 130 or a little over three times that of the Na tional average for the corresponding corres-ponding period. Ninety-three per cent of the Indian children in this area, six to eighteen years, of age, inclusive, and one-quarter or more degree of Indian blood, were enrolled in some school. That is 15 above the national average. R-N MOVE OFFICES Monday and Tuesday of this week was a busy time for the employees at the Uintah and Ouray Agency Office, due to moving from the old office building located on the Agency grounds to the Hospital building build-ing on the hill above the Agency Ag-ency proper. The Hospital building build-ing has been converted from a hospital to an office building. The Housing and Recreation Di. Visions of the Ute Indian tribe are moving into the office building build-ing vacated. It is expected the new location loca-tion will prove to be a definite j improvement over the old due to more floor space, less maintenance main-tenance and heating cost, and all divisions of the Agency staff will be consolidated into one building. Space is provided in the front of the new location for persons to' park their vehicles ve-hicles while transacting business. busi-ness. All employees will park their personal and. Government vehicles at the west or north side. R-N LAW ENFORCEMENT The Ute Tribal law enforcement enforce-ment officers were very active in 1953. The records show that 260 criminal cases were brought before the tribal court in the one year period. Fines were assessed as-sessed in the amount of $8,-418 $8,-418 18 for the corresponding period. That does not include civil or criminal cases brought before the various courts in Duchesne Du-chesne and Uintah Counties The majority of the above cases cas-es had to do with liquor and traffic violations. |