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Construction camp and stables on the Strawberry reservoir once part of the Uintah Reservation. USHS collections.
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The Strawberry Valley Reclamation Project and the Opening of the Uintah Indian Reservation BY KATHRYN L. MACKAY
I HE STRAWBERRY VALLEY PROJECT (1906-22), Utah's first federal reclamation project, was part of the opening of the Uintah Valley Indian Reservation in the Uinta Basin to mining, agricultural, speculative, and conservation interests over the vain protests of the inhabitants, the Northern Ute Indians. The project is an example of power politics, of conflicts of interest within the federal bureaucracy, and of the disregard for the legal rights of Native Americans. Ms. MacKay is a research associate at the American West Center, University of Utah, and a doctoral candidate in history. A version of this paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the Utah State Historical Society, September 1980, in Vernal, Utah.
