Blocking the Uinta Basin Railway is another injustice to the Ute Indian Tribe

In this July 2005 file photo, Roughnecks Mike Brandt, 27, right, and Jonathan Joe, 20, work on Pioneer Drilling Rig #54, about 30 miles south of Vernal, Utah. (Chris Detrick, The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

PUBLISHED: August 14, 2023 at 5:01 AM MDT | UPDATED: August 14, 2023 at 12:25 PM MDT

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Colorado politicians have apparently forgotten about the state鈥檚 historical second-class treatment of Native Americans and are repeating many of the same mistakes today with opposition to the Uinta Basin Railway Project.

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抖阴ap: Blocking the Uinta Basin Railway is another injustice to the Ute Indian Tribe

Hickenlooper, Bennet and Polis are wrong to oppose this project needed for the reservations

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