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| | United States v. Southern Ute Tribe, 402 U.S. 159, 91 S.Ct. 1336, 28 L.Ed.2d 695 (1971) |
 | | Although the acreage was undivided, the White River Utes lived in the northern portion of the reservation, the Uncompahgre Utes inhabited the central part, and the Southern Utes occupied the southern region. |
 | | The Southern Utes were apportioned a one-third share and like their confederates understood that such monies would be held by defendant in trust for their benefit.' 423 F.2d, at 350, 191 Ct.Cl., at 10 (1970) (emphasis in original). |
 | | The Court of Claims found proof that 'the Interior Department at least was already viewing the Southern Ute territory as a permanent reservation not ceded under the terms of the 1880 cession,' 423 F.2d, at 352, 191 Ct.Cl., at 13, in a description of the line in an 1882 letter to the district land offices. |
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