Lake Powell pipeline plans to tap water promised to the Utes. Why the tribe sees it as yet another racially based scheme.
Latest dispute dates back to decades of broken pledges in a tug of war that began under Brigham Young.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Hite Marina boat ramp sits idle hundreds of yards from the river’s edge where the Colorado River flows into Lake Powell on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. Utah plans to fill the Lake Powell pipeline with water promised to the Ute Indian Tribe. The Utes say it continues decades of racially based maneuvers.