Discover the rich and enduring history of Utah's Native American tribes, from ancient cultures to their modern communities.
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Twelve Thousand Years of Utah's People
This series, Voices from the Land, traces the long arc of Native peoples across the region we now call Utah.
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Ancient Peoples of the Great Basin
The Desert Archaic people figured out how to survive in one of North America's harshest landscapes for over seven thousand years, leaving behind woven sandals in dry…
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Cliff Dwellers Who Engineered a Desert
Some of the most precisely engineered structures in prehistoric North America sit tucked beneath sandstone overhangs in southeastern Utah.
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The Ute Nation Transformed by Horses
The state of Utah takes its name from the Ute people, derived from a word meaning 'people of the mountains.' For centuries, Ute bands lived across the Colorado Plateau…
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Three Nations Shaped by Basin and Range
The Goshute developed one of the most refined desert survival strategies anywhere on the continent, harvesting over a hundred species of plants and insects across…
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Strangers Arrive and Everything Changes
In January 1863, Colonel Patrick Connor led federal troops against a Northwestern Shoshone winter camp along the Bear River in present-day Idaho, just north of the Utah…
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Eight Nations Standing on Sovereign Ground
Utah is home to eight federally recognized tribes, each maintaining distinct governance and cultural identity.
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