Washington : Government Printing Office
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| VOLUME 2—1937 | 1348 |
Whereas, Pursuant to the provisions of an agreement accepted and ratified by the Act of June 15, 1880 (21 Stat. L., 199), the Confederated Bands of the Ute Tribe of Indians ceded to the United States a large area of their reservation in the State of Colorado, which area was then held and deemed to be public land of the United States and subject to disposal under the laws providing for the disposal of public lands, except as provided in the said Act of June 15, 1880, supra, and
Whereas, There is now remaining undisposed of within the ceded area a considerable acreage of such ceded lands, certain of which are urgently required as grazing land for the use of the Ute Mountain Band of Ute Indians, and which have been found to be primarily of value for Indian purposes as an addition to the existing Southern Ute Indian Reservation, and
Whereas, By relinquishment and cancellation of homestead entries within this area a limited additional acreage of similar land may be included within the class of undisposed of ceded land, and
Whereas, The Commissioner of Indian Affairs, after having caused thorough examination of the area to be made by well qualified field employees, has recommended restoration to tribal ownership of all said vacant undisposed of ceded lands within the following described boundaries:
Beginning at a point on the western boundary line of the State of Colorado, being the northwest corner of the existing Southern Ute Indian Reservation; thence north to the township line separating townships 34 and 35 north, range 20 west; thence east along said township line to the southwest corner of section 35, township 35 north, range 19 west; thence north to the northwest corner of section 2, township 35 north, range 19 west; thence east to the northeast corner of section 1, township 35 north, range 18 west; thence north to the northwest corner of section 31, township 36 north, range 17 west; thence east to the northeast corner of section 35, township 36 north, range 17 west; thence south to the north boundary of the existing Southern Ute Indian Reservation; thence west along the north boundary of the said reservation to the west line of section 9, township 34 north, range 17 west; thence north to the northwest corner of section 21, township 35 north, range 17 west, thence west to the southwest corner of section 17, township 35 north, range 17 west; thence south to the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 19, township 35 north, range 17 west; thence west to the southwest corner of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of said section 19; thence north to the north line of said section 19; thence west to the southwest corner of section 17, township 35 north, range 18 west; thence south to the north boundary of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in section 7, township 34 north, range 18, all west of the New Mexico principal meridian; thence west along the said north boundary to the point of beginning.
Now, therefore, By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior by sections 3 and 7 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. L., 984), I hereby find that restoration to tribal ownership of all lands which are now, or may hereafter be, classified as undisposed of ceded Ute Indian lands lying within the above described boundaries in Colorado, will be in the public interest, and said lands are hereby restored to tribal ownership for the use and benefit of the Ute Mountain Band of Ute Indians of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in Colorado, and are added to and made a part of the existing Southern Ute Indian Reservation, subject to any valid existing rights.
CHARLES WEST,
Acting Secretary of the Interior.
