Thomas G. Alexander Utah, The Right Place During this time, the people of the United States struggled over the extension of civil rights to millions who had suffered for scores of years as second-class citizens. Dissatisfaction over segregated and inferior schools, colleges, hotels, restaurants, and recreation facilities forced questions of rights and equity into the courts in cases such as …
The Cold War, Korean War, and the Resurrection of Utah’s Defense Establishment
Thomas G. Alexander Utah, The Right Place In 1946, Winston Churchill warned that an “Iron Curtain” had fallen over central Europe, an image that galvanized the public imagination. The Soviet Union had begun installing puppet governments throughout Eastern Europe; and American, British, and French troops occupied western Germany. Communist guerillas unleashed attacks on the Greek government, and the USSR reluctantly …
Native American and European Relations
Thomas G. Alexander Utah, The Right Place As the Saints colonized and implanted the region with Euro-American social and cultural traditions, they also clashed with the region’s previous residents. The Mormons had not moved to a desert island, and even on their first beachheads in Salt Lake, Davis, and Weber Counties, they ran into Numics who resented their invasion. In …
Utah’s First People: The Utes, Paiutes, and Goshutes
Peoples of Utah Floyd A. O’Neil The Utes ….. teach ’em to speak Ute. And don’t let them ever forget how we’re supposed to live, who we are, where we came from.”–Connor Chapoose Confined on reservations, no longer free to range over the mountains and deserts of their lands in the incessant quest for food, the hard-pressed Utes never completely …
Slavery in Utah
Jeffrey D. Nichols History Blazer, April 1995 Although the practice was never widespread, some Utah pioneers held African-American slaves until 1862 when Congress abolished slavery in the territories. Three slaves, Green Flake, Hark Lay, and Oscar Crosby, came west with the first pioneer company in 1847, and their names appear on a plaque on the Brigham Young Monument in downtown …
The Spanish Trail Cut a Roundabout Path through Utah
Jeffrey D. Nichols History Blazer, June 1995 The Spanish Trail, a major trade route between Santa Fe and Los Angeles, has entered western lore as the scene of historic events and as a route for famous explorers. A large section of the trail curves north to pass through central and southern Utah before bending south again and passing out of …
Shoshone of Northern Utah
Kristen Rogers Beehive History, 26 Fifteen years after the Mormon settlers arrived in Utah, their livestock had so overgrazed the native grasses and seeds that the Indians were starving, noted Jacob Hamblin, one of those settlers. The Great Basin was hardly lush to begin with, but indigenous peoples had survived there for centuries. How did they live on the land? …
A History of Utah’s American Indians, Conclusion
A History of Utah’s American Indians, © 2000 “Conclusion: The Contemporary Status of Utah Indians,” pp. 315–40 Robert S. McPherson The preceding tribal histories have brought the reader through the period of termination to more contemporary times. But what direction has Indian affairs taken over the past decade or so, and what does the future promise? Significant adjustments have been …
A History of Utah’s American Indians, Chapter 7
A History of Utah’s American Indians, © 2000 “The Navajos of Utah,” pp. 264–314 Nancy C. Maryboy and David Begay Introduction Navajos have been living in the Four Corners region of the American Southwest for hundreds of years. The land of the Navajo includes areas of southeastern Utah, northeastern Arizona, and northwestern New Mexico. Navajo people traditionally and historically refer …
A History of Utah’s American Indians, Chapter 5
A History of Utah’s American Indians, © 2000 “The Northern Utes of Utah,” pp.167–224 Clifford Duncan Creation and Migration Stories of the Utes The story of Sinauf, the god who was half man, half wolf, and his brothers Coyote and Wolf has been told many times in tipis and wickiups. According to Ute legend, these powerful animal-people kept the world …