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What about us? Ute Tribe asks as Utah moves to protect its share of the Colorado River.

Tribe wants to ensure it doesn’t lose its rights to water from the river.

(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) Hite Crossing Bridge stretches over the Colorado River as it flows into Lake Powell near Hite Marina on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. The Ute Indian Tribe worries that the newly proposed Colorado River Authority of Utah could deprive the tribe of its rights to the river's water.