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TS, I don't know why the state troopers were messing around on the Ute res. I know for a fact that if you drive onto the Navajo reservation, the authorities you will encounter (if you HAVE an encounter) will be members of the Navajo tribal police who in my experience are very reasonable individuals. For example, the Navajo tribal police once stopped me on the Navajo res outside of Chinle, Arizona. I started to scramble around for my "papers" when the officer stopped me. "Lady," he said, "you're on the NAVAJO nation now and we don't worry about that kind of stuff. I just stopped you to tell you that one of your tail lights is out. They carry replacement bulbs at the trading store in Kayenta, just down the road. You have a nice evening and drive safely now." Nicest encounter with a cop I ever had.
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