Jim Urquhart | The Salt Lake Tribune Winifred Begaye in her one room home that does not have electricity or running water Monday, January 4 2010, in the Whiterocks Point area outside Bluff, Utah. Begaye never had running water or electricity while growing up. She hauls her water from a church about five miles away and cuts firewood from the shores of the nearby San Juan River. The State of Utah is expected to announce a settlement over a decades old lawsuit involving the Utah Navajo Trust. 1/4/10

Jim Urquhart | The Salt Lake Tribune The Whiterocks Point community Monday, January 4 2010 outside Bluff, Utah. The community was built with homes with running water and electricity in the 1980s with money from the Utah Navajo Trust. The State of Utah is expected to announce a settlement over a decades old lawsuit involving the Utah Navajo Trust. 1/4/10

Jim Urquhart | The Salt Lake Tribune Clara Maryboy, 87, right, shows some of the beaded jewelry she makes to her granddaughter Nadia Armajo, 5, at her home in the the Whiterocks Point community Monday, January 4 2010 outside Bluff, Utah. The community was built with homes with running water and electricity in the 1980s with money from the Utah Navajo Trust. The State of Utah is expected to announce a settlement over a decades old lawsuit involving the Utah Navajo Trust. 1/4/10

Jim Urquhart | The Salt Lake Tribune Cats sit on the roof of Clara Maryboy's home in the the Whiterocks Point community Monday, January 4 2010 outside Bluff, Utah. The community was built with homes with running water and electricity in the 1980s with money from the Utah Navajo Trust. The State of Utah is expected to announce a settlement over a decades old lawsuit involving the Utah Navajo Trust. 1/4/10

Jim Urquhart | The Salt Lake Tribune The sun rises over the sandstone cliffs of the Utah Navajo Indian Reservation Tuesday, January 5 2010 outside Bluff, Utah. The State of Utah is expected to announce a settlement over a decades old lawsuit involving the Utah Navajo Trust. 1/5/10

Jim Urquhart | The Salt Lake Tribune Housing on the Utah Navajo Indian Reservation Tuesday, January 5 2010 in Aneth, Utah. The State of Utah announced a settlement over a decades old lawsuit involving the Utah Navajo Trust. 1/5/10

Jim Urquhart | The Salt Lake Tribune Rancher and former San Juan County commissioner Mark Maryboy talks about how money from the Utah Navajo Trust may be invested into the community Monday, January 4 2010 while stopped in the Skull Valley area outside Bluff, Utah. Maryboy stressed the importance in investing in clean water and education, "education is the way out of poverty." The State of Utah is expected to announce a settlement over a decades old lawsuit involving the Utah Navajo Trust. 1/4/10

Jim Urquhart | The Salt Lake Tribune An oil well pumps on the Utah Navajo Indian Reservation Tuesday, January 5 2010 outside Aneth, Utah. Many residents are concerned pressurized pumping from the oils wells has contaminated several drinking water sources in the area. The State of Utah announced a settlement over a decades old lawsuit involving the Utah Navajo Trust. 1/5/10

Jim Urquhart | The Salt Lake Tribune Chris Capitan (cq) gets drinking water from a well at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church Tuesday, January 5 2010 outside Bluff, Utah. Capitan hauls about 25 gallons once a week to his home in the Five Points area near Montezuma Creek because the drinking water is polluted with uranium and arsenic from near the near by oil wells and unfit for consumption. The State of Utah announced a settlement over a decades old lawsuit involving the Utah Navajo Trust. 1/5/10

Jim Urquhart | The Salt Lake Tribune Chris Capitan (cq) gets drinking water from a well at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church Tuesday, January 5 2010 outside Bluff, Utah. Capitan hauls about 25 gallons once a week to his home in the Five Points area near Montezuma Creek because the drinking water is polluted with uranium and arsenic from near the near by oil wells and unfit for consumption. The State of Utah announced a settlement over a decades old lawsuit involving the Utah Navajo Trust. 1/5/10

Jim Urquhart | The Salt Lake Tribune Winifred Begaye does a crossword puzzle by lamp light in her one room home that does not have electricity or running water Monday, January 4 2010, in the Whiterocks Point area outside Bluff, Utah. Begaye never had running water or electricity while growing up. She hauls her water from a church about five miles away and cuts firewood from the shores of the nearby San Juan River. The State of Utah is expected to announce a settlement over a decades old lawsuit involving the Utah Navajo Trust. 1/4/10

Jim Urquhart | The Salt Lake Tribune Winifred Begaye does a crossword puzzle by lamp light in her one room home that does not have electricity or running water Monday, January 4 2010, in the Whiterocks Point area outside Bluff, Utah. Begaye never had running water or electricity while growing up. She hauls her water from a church about five miles away and cuts firewood from the shores of the nearby San Juan River. The State of Utah is expected to announce a settlement over a decades old lawsuit involving the Utah Navajo Trust. 1/4/10