A history of Utah's American Indians / Forrest Cuch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cuch, Forrest, author.

Contributor:

Cuch, Forrest, editor.

Utah. Division of Indian Affairs.

Utah. Division of State History.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Administration of estates.

Administrative law.

Management.

Political science.

State, The.

Penn Provenance:

Bookplate: Gift from the Estate Kurt Kaltreider, Class of 1965, A We Yunkcha Sne of the Nanticoke.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 p.)

Edition:

Pbk. ed.

Place of Publication:

Utah State University, University Libraries 2003

Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2000]

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Forrest S. Cuch was born and raised on the Uintah and Ouray Ute Indian Reservation in northeastern Utah. He graduated from Westminster College in 1973 with a bachelor of arts degree in behavioral sciences. He served as education director for the Ute Indian Tribe from 1973 to 1988. From 1988 to 1994 he was employed by the Wampanoag Tribe in Gay Head, Massachusetts, first as a planner and then as tribal administrator. Since October 1997 he has been director of the Utah Division of Indian Affairs.

Summary:

The valleys, mountains, and deserts of Utah have been home to native peoples for thousands of years. Like peoples around the word, Utah's native inhabitants organized themselves in family units, groups, bands, clans, and tribes. Today, six Indian tribes in Utah are recognized as official entities. They include the Northwestern Shoshone, the Goshutes, the Paiutes, the Utes, the White Mesa or Southern Utes, and the Navajos (Dineh). Each tribe has its own government. Tribe members are citizens of Utah and the United States; however, lines of distinction both within the tribes and with the greater society at large have not always been clear. Migration, interaction, war, trade, intermarriage, common threats, and challenges have made relationships and affiliations more fluid than might be expected. In this volume, the editor and authors endeavor to write the history of Utah's first residents from an Indian perspective. An introductory chapter provides an overview of Utah's American Indians and a concluding chapter summarizes the issues and concerns of contemporary Indians and their leaders. Chapters on each of the six tribes look at origin stories, religion, politics, education, folkways, family life, social activities, economic issues, and important events. They provide an introduction to the rich heritage of Utah's native peoples. This book includes chapters by David Begay, Dennis Defa, Clifford Duncan, Ronald Holt, Nancy Maryboy, Robert McPherson, Mae Parry, Gary Tom, and Mary Jane Yazzie.

Contents:

Introduction / Forrest S. Cuch

Setting the stage: Native America revisited / Robert S. McPherson

The northwestern Shoshone / Mae Parry

The Goshute Indians of Utah / Dennis R. Defa

The Paiute Tribe of Utah / Gary Tom and Ronald Holt

The northern Utes of Utah / Clifford Duncan

The White Mesa Utes / Robert S. McPherson and Mary Jane Yazzie

The Navajos / Nancy Maryboy and David Begay

Conclusion: The contemporary status of Utah Indians / Robert S. McPherson.

Notes:

This book is a joint project of the Utah Division of Indian Affairs and the Utah State Historical Society. It is distributed to the book trade by Utah State University Press.

Original copyright, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

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ISBN:

9786613078001

9781457181191

1457181193

9781283078009

1283078007

9780874213836

0874213835

OCLC:

708059539