Problems between the Pioneers and
Native Utah Tribes
United States Wins Land
US – Mexican Waro US wins huge piece of west including California, Utah
and Oregon
Settlers Flood Territories
Mormons settled Great Salt Lake City in 1847o Live in neutral zone between Native Tribes
Other settlers immediately began moving in 1848o Begin settling all over
UtesShoshone
Mormon Trail
Making Peace with the Past – Stacey Kratz
To the Mormon pioneers who bumped their wagons down Emigration Canyon in late July 1847, the valley of the Great Salt Lake looked like a clean slate ready to be filled with prosperity and posterity. But the land they took possession of was already full of generations of people living an abundant life. “The Indian people watched the pioneers come in… They were lying in scrub oak and bushes. I don’t know that the settlers knew they were there…but they were.
Debate Who has the right to the land?
o The Natives who lived there for generations?o Or the pioneers who were seeking a better life?
What would America look like today if Native lands had NOT been taken away?
ConsequencesFood Sources As settlers move in, buffalo become scarce.
o Why? The settler’s domesticated cattle is easy-to-get
food source for Natives Natives steal cattle from pioneers
o Are they just compensating for their lost buffalo?o Or is this just stealing?
ConsequencesDiseases Natives were not resistance to White diseases
o Typhoid, diphtheria, scarlet fever, chicken pox, measles, etc.
MANY Natives diedo Is it the pioneers fault that they brought diseases with
them? Could they have done anything to prevent it?
Typhoid Measles Scarlet Fever
Clash of Culture Natives Misunderstood Pioneers
o Why have so many harsh rules?o Why farm, when you can gather?o Why build with stone?o Why have schools when learning occurs at home?
Clash of Culture Mormons Misunderstood Natives
o Why abandon older members to elements?o Why leave disabled children to die?o Why sell each other into slavery?o Why not live in clean, indoor buildings?
Let’s Segregate Ourselves
Stand in front if you LIKE to read Stand in back if you HATE to read
Stand in front-right if your favorite music is rock Stand in front-left if your favorite music is rap/hip-
hop Stand in back-right if your favorite music is
country Stand in back-left if your favorite music is pop
Conflict Among Tribes Increases Tension
Shoshones, Utes and Paiutes did not get alongo Disagreements Over Lando Retaliation or Revengeo Male Adulthood Rituals
Ute Leader, Walkara wanted Mormons as Allieso Help kick Paiutes outo Trading Partners
Cooperation There was some friendly cooperation
o Utes and Shoshones helped Pioneer’s gather rootso Survive winter togethero Friendshipso Trade
Sometimes Mormon-Indian alliances were viewed negativelyo Government feared a takeover
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