ISSUE
I call upon you to enact legislation to "Repeal" the Federal Congressional Ute Partition Act, identified as Public Law 671 of the 83rd Congress (UPA.)
I'm writing, emailing and faxing you this letter concerning the federal governments "Ute Partition Act Act" which involved the Ute Indian Tribe of Utah. This federal congressional approved termination law was based on racial blood quantum of less then 1/2. At that time the Federal Governments enforcement of Termination in 1954 affected “490” Mixed Blood Uinta Utes, comprising both Adults and Children of which approximately 260 of the Terminated Uintas were Minor Children and approximately “1,200 Original Full Blood Utes. This comprised the whole Ute Indian Tribe. After termination the non-terminated Full Bloods who were to be terminated within a five to seven year period after the Terminated Uintas continued to enroll their descendents, and do to this day. The non-terminated Ute Indians remain Federally Recognized, while the Terminated Uintas were denied and are denied:
(1) Dental and Health
(2) Educational Grants
(3) Housing
(4) Jobs
(5) Hunting & Fishing (until a case was won in the 80’s reinstating the fishing, but no descendents of the terminated 490 is allowed to hunt and fish with their parents. This needs to be changed)
(6) Indivisible Assets and other assets
(7) Lands
(8) Water
(9) Timber
(10) Trust IIM Accounts held in, Washington D.C. and possibly other
Places.
There could be more the Terminated Uinta's owned, but they have never received a full accounting of their assets that should have been theirs and their descendents. The Terminated Uinta's have no idea of who owns their inherited interests in tribal assets and yet this was the job of the Secretary of the Interior before he signed off to supply them with an accounting, which never happened.
In 2002 a Federal lawsuit was filed to overturn the federal governments racist Ute Partition and Termination Act, because of the failure of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, government officials, tribal officials, National Congress of American Indians and others to protect and overturn this anti-Indian tribal law. Such non-support has prompted us to join with national voter coalition to inform our elected representatives that we expect them to work together in the repeal of a law that holds the Terminated Uinta's and their descendents hostage to the federal governments racist Ute Partition and Termination law that was created and breathed life into by the Congress of the United States of America.
All Americans claims to stand in support of violations of Human Rights, so we ask you to stand up now in support of the repeal of the Ute Partition and Termination Act which is an American National sick joke that continues today!
I call upon you to take the necessary steps to join with us and other Representatives to enact Legislation that calls for all "Tribal Right" to all terminated Uinta Ute Indians and their descendents that were interrupted and affected fify five years ago to immediately repeal the Ute Partition and Termination Act. The only other course is the immediate termination of the full blood Ute Indian Tribe of Utah. Only then will this law be completed and wiped off the books of Congress, unless this law is repealed. This issue addresses the heart and soul of everything our nation stand for.
We are old and we have lost 55 years of our lives because of the governments experiment that they labeled as "Termination." It's time you gave us back our lives that has effected the hearts and souls of all the terminated Uinta's and their children. The American Indian Policy Review Commission reported back to Congress on the terminated Mixed-Blood Uinta Band of Utes in 1976 and recommended all of the above. Nothing was ever done. It's time! We're not waiting any longer.
For full and complete information covering this issue go to www.undeclaredute.net.
Please respond to my request covering the above issue.
Sincerely
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