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Modem History of the Utah Utes. In 1957, John wrote the first (and only) chapter for this book which he was unable to complete. It reads as follows:
THE SPECIAL INDIAN GRAZING UNIT
During my tenure in the United States Attorney's office, from 1933 to 1946, I became generally familiar with the struggles of the Ute Indian Tribe to withstand the onslaught of the non-Indian livestock industry. The private livestock business, with its public implications, was not exclusively predicated upon private ownership. It relied very substantially upon the special privilege of a small segment of our society to graze livestock upon the public domain, a privilege that had found a measure of security under the terms of the Taylor Grazing Act of June 28, 1934, (48 Stat. 1269), as later amended. This degree of security was not without its price to cattle and sheep men. The promulgation of "game rules" was not only an effective means of slapping down the newcomer, it touched off an interior strife for survival. And I do mean interior in its dual sense. The Department of the Interior had become the umpire with a charge to halt the overgrazing that threatened a reckless waste of our natural resources, while the interior of the livestock industry was seething to determine who, under the new rules, could be reduced in range privileges or perhaps eliminated entirely. A third interior might be added for the battle that ensued left many with their interiors exposed. The Ute Indians in Utah were generally unschooled in this aspect of civilized culture and seemed easy prey to make non-Indian elbow room. The lands we view today were encompassed within Unit G. District No. 8, Utah. The Uncompahgre Utes were moved from Colorado to the "unoccupied agricultural lands as may be found in.. .the Territory of Utah," near the "mouth of the Gumison River" on the "Grand River" or Colorado River as it is now known. (Agreement of March 6, 1880, ratified June 15,1880,21 Stat. 199). In this vicinity in Utah, next to the Colorado border,
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| Title | John S. Boyden: three score and ten in retrospect |
| Creator | Boyden, Orpha Amanda Sweeten |
| Subject | Boyden, John Sterling, 1906-1980; Democratic Party -- Utah; Coalville (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Life story of John S. Boyden, including his experiences in Coalville, Utah, law practice, participation in the Utah Democratic Party, family life, church involvement, and advocacy for Indians. |
| Source | Boyden |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1986 |
| Type | text |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Publisher | Southern Utah State College Press |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/boyden.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 1144.cpd |
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