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Navajo delegation urges Utah lawmakers to revisit trust fund as former congressman and lieutenant governor outline big federal projects and mandates
Summary
A San Juan County commissioner and Navajo Nation delegate urged Utah senators to revisit the Utah Navajo Trust Fund and press for a BIA field office; former Rep. Wayne Owens outlined $800 million remaining for the Central Utah Project and the lieutenant governor warned the Senate that federal motor‑voter rules carry criminal and civil penalties and an effective date of Jan. 1, 1995.
Mark Murray, a San Juan County commissioner and a council delegate to the Navajo Nation, told the Utah Senate on Feb. 11 that Utah Navajos want lawmakers to "revisit" the legislation that created the Utah Navajo Trust Fund and consider creating a Bureau of Indian Affairs field office on the Utah side of the reservation. "We are a resident of the state of Utah, the largest tribe in San Juan County, and we want to . . . appreciate our state senator," Murray said, asking senators to visit reservation communities and to work with state and federal representatives on outstanding issues.
Later in the session, former…
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