Turn it all over to the Tribe. Lobby Congress to make it happen. Then if they go broke or become Billionaires, it is their own management. If it disappears as it has been doing it will be their own people stealing it, not Utah government.

White Man always desires to watch over Indian resources in the event he can occasionally sneak off with pieces here and there. It’s a matter of the Coyote guarding the sheep herd. Same reason US Government is being sued by Indian Tribes for Billions in lost trust assets.

Problem is, the Navajo Nation is no more concerned about the plight of the Utah Dineh (owing to events past and present) than is the State of Utah.

If the Navajo nation receives all 100%, the Utah Dineh will receive no benefits from the drilling that disturbs their land and water, instead of the next-to-no benefits they've historically received from the state.

The other thing is the state hasn't done that bad of a job at being the trustee since 1991, when the Legislative Auditor General blasted the state for its mismanagement of the trust.

Bottom lines are: 1. These legislators are completely looney to allow some other entity to receive and control millions of dollars intended to benefit the poorest of the poorest Utahns; and 2. if they don't want to be sued again, settle the current lawsuit and keep doing a fair job of administring the trust.

It's not brain science.

It seems like the State is realizing the Utah Dine are becoming educated of the state's past performance of mismanagement and have decided to let the trustee responsibilities expire (Sunset). The state has been caught with it's hands in the cookie jar, too often... Many would agree that the Navajo Nation will probably follow suit if they become the trustee of the 37 1/2 % funds and neglect the Utah Dine. Utah Dine have rights to the funds and free management.

HB 352 is contradictory. The Utah Govt. wants to rid itself of their trust responsibilities, yet, reading the fine print of the bill, it continues Utah State oversight through the Governor's appointment to the Board. Secondly, the new proposed oversight Committee, the Navajo Revitalization Fund Board is a State created and oversighted Board (Utah Code Sec. 9-11-101 through 108)The state of Utah still has its hand in the cookie jar. The Utah State government and many Utah Navajo chapters, through chapter resolutions have stated that they don't want the Trust funds to go to the Navajo Nation Government; that is correct, for the obvious reasons, the Navajo Nation government has not and will not take care of its citizens in Utah, yet they spend millions to travel to Hawaii on lavish trips. Just guess how long the trust funds will last under Navajo Nation Council control or even oversight. Again, HB 352 is contradictory to what the state of Utah is saying by allowing the Navajo Utah Commission, an arm of the Navajo Nation Council, to sit on the "new" proposed Navajo Trust Board and has worked privately with this board to draft the current bill. This is wrong!

I admit life was very hard in Aneth, Utah. Growing up without electricity, plumbing, and heat. As a child, you don't really know the effects of this until you become an adult and wonder how you ever made it. UNTF was started in the early 1930's. Why do many Utah Navajos still live without electricity or plumbing? We know exactly what our area needs. We have too much to do: alcoholism, poverty, education! Self government is the key to helping our people, the Dine. Remember the Long Walk? Let's not continue it. It's time to show the world that our ancestors are surviving through us as, "The People."

It's time we give it back to the orginal Aneth Extension Beneficiaries. I'm sure if the money belong to any other chapter they would've done the same thing. We never got help from the chapters and all of a sudden everyone wants a piece of the pie. Stealing needs to stop and favoring only certain families, "is totally wrong." Sick of it and we want our money back. Throw out all the current officals and put in new officals that are honest and do a complete background checks on new officals. Has anyone heard of the word "Beneficiaries" will that means a lot to us and the money belongs to us.

Sorry to say but some of the people mentioned in the article should not even have a say so. Especially when gone to the big house because of polical issues and the person should not be dealing with politics. The Chapters needs to do their job of doing a background checks on all current officals.

It is time to give the funds back to original beneficiaries of UNTF. The chapter is controlling the funds and gives the funds to certain individuals.

I am a descendent from K'aayeli but I can not recieve scholarships funds because the chapter will not provide me with a residency letter. The chapter is stating that I am not a resident after one year of being away from the community. The funny thing is that I am going to school and it takes more than one year to get a BA degree. At least that is the excuse that is given to me from the chapter president.

Let the original beneficiaries, Aneth Extention inform congress what to do with the money.