A History of Utah’s American Indians, © 2000 “The Paiute Tribe of Utah,” pp. 123–66 Gary Tom and Ronald Holt Tabuts [elder brother/wolf] carved people out of sticks and was going to scatter them evenly around the earth so that everyone would have a good place to live. But Shinangwav [younger brother/coyote] cut open the sack and people fell out …
A History of Utah’s American Indians, Chapter 6
A History of Utah’s American Indians, © 2000 “The White Mesa Utes,” pp. 225–63 Robert S. McPherson and Mary Jane Yazzie Billy Mike, the oldest living resident of the White Mesa Ute community, sat comfortably and slowly ran his fingers through his silver hair. The thick glasses perched upon his nose served more as a token of past vision than …
A History of Utah’s American Indians, Chapter 3
A History of Utah’s American Indians, © 2000 “The Goshute Indians of Utah,” pp. 73–122 Dennis R. Defa A group of Goshute Indians, date unknown The Goshute Indians live in a little known and sparsely populated portion of the state of Utah. There actually are two Goshute reservations, the largest of which is the Deep Creek Reservation located on …
A History of Utah’s American Indians, Chapter 2
A History of Utah’s American Indians, © 2000 “The Northwestern Shoshone,” pp. 25–72 Mae Parry In early historic times the Shoshone Indians were a large nation of Indians who lived and traveled over an extensive territory that included parts of Idaho, Utah, Nevada, and Wyoming. Usually groups of extended families traveled together in varying numbers according to the season and …
A History of Utah’s American Indians, Chapter 1
A History of Utah’s American Indians, © 2000 “Setting the Stage: Native America Revisited,” pp. 3–24 Robert S. McPherson The writing of Native American history can be said to have started when Christopher Columbus first waded ashore on San Salvador Island in the Caribbean. It has continued ever since. What preceded his arrival–the prehistoric phase of Native Americans–has generally been …
The Peoples of Utah, Japanese Life in Utah
The Peoples of Utah, ed. by Helen Z. Papanikolas, © 1976 “Japanese Life in Utah,” pp. 333-62 by Helen Z. Papanikolas and Alice Kasai The mists rise over The still pools at Asuka. Memory does not Pass away so easily. …Akahito For centuries the Japanese were content to live isolated in their wooded land of crags, mists, and ample waters, but …
The Peoples of Utah, The Oft-Crossed Border: Canadians in Utah
The Peoples of Utah, ed. by Helen Z. Papanikolas, © 1976 “The Oft-Crossed Border: Canadians in Utah,” pp. 279–301 by Maureen Ursenbach and Richard L. Jensen Probably the first significant meeting of two Canadians in what is now Utah took place on the banks of the Weber River, east of present Ogden, on May 23, 1825. There, around mid-morning, Peter Skene …
The Peoples of Utah, Immigration from the Middle East
The Peoples of Utah, ed. by Helen Z. Papanikolas, © 1976 “From Babylon to Babylon: Immigration from the Middle East,” pp. 385–408 by Robert F. Zeidner Syria has always been an inhospitable place to live in and a splendid place to leave. …Philip K. Hitti INTRODUCTION The Middle Eastern peoples who settled in Utah–and in the entire nation–represent a congeries of …
The Peoples of Utah, The Exiled Greeks
The Peoples of Utah, ed. by Helen Z. Papanikolas, © 1976 “The Exiled Greeks,” pp. 409–35 by Helen Z. Papanikolas Small bird, there where you fly to Ameriki, Tell me, where does my son sleep? When he is sick, who tends him? …Folk song of immigration At the beginning of the century, thousands of young Greeks began coming to Utah to live …
The Peoples of Utah, Imperial Zion: The British Occupation of Utah
The Peoples of Utah, ed. by Helen Z. Papanikolas, © 1976 “Imperial Zion: The British Occupation of Utah,” pp. 61–113 by Frederick S. Buchanan On board the “International” All joyful and lighthearted. Bound Zionward, four hundred Saints, From Liverpool we started. We’re English, Irish, Scotch, and Welsh Assembled here together; Resolved to do the will of God, Whate’er the wind and …