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'Mixed-bloods' Have No Valid Claim To $32 Million Awarded To The Tribe, Federal Judge Rules
By Pamela Manson - The Salt Lake Tribune
A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by hundreds of mixed-blood Utes, ruling their challenge to the legal termination of their rights as tribal members came years too late....
The legal action centered on the Ute Partition Act of 1954, which divided the tribe into "mixed-bloods" and "full-bloods."
Under the legislation, 490 mixed-blood individuals lost recognition by the federal government as Indians and were removed from tribal roles.
In addition, they lost their rights to share in a $32 million judgment obtained by the Ute tribe over the federal government's taking of Colorado lands previously occupied by the White River and Uncompaghre Bands.
All but a few of the terminated members were Uintah Band descendents.
Full-bloods were defined as tribal members whose ancestry was at least one-half Ute and more than one-half Indian.
Mixed-bloods were defined as members who lacked sufficient Ute or Indian ancestry to qualify as full-bloods.
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