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TIV

E A

ME

RIC

AN

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N U

TA

H

A P

RO

UD

HE

RIT

AG

E

TR

IBE

S A

ND

TR

IBA

L

LAN

DS

FE

DE

RA

LLY

RE

CO

GN

IZE

D T

RIB

ES

Co

nfe

de

rate

d T

rib

es

of

the

Go

shu

te

Re

serv

ati

on

(N

eva

da

an

d U

tah

)

Na

va

jo N

ati

on

(A

rizo

na

, N

ew

Me

xic

o

an

d U

tah

)

No

rth

we

ste

rn B

an

d o

f S

ho

sho

ni

Na

tio

n o

f U

tah

(W

ash

ak

ie)

Pa

iute

In

dia

n T

rib

e o

f U

tah

(C

ed

ar

Cit

y

Ba

nd

of

Pa

iute

s, K

an

osh

Ba

nd

of

Pa

iute

s, K

oo

sha

rem

Ba

nd

of

Pa

iute

s,

Ind

ian

Pe

aks

Ba

nd

of

Pa

iute

s, a

nd

S

hiv

wit

s B

an

d o

f P

aiu

tes)

Sku

ll V

all

ey B

an

d o

f G

osh

ute

In

dia

ns

of

Uta

h

Ute

In

dia

n T

rib

e o

f th

e U

inta

h a

nd

O

ura

y R

ese

rva

tio

n

Ute

Mo

un

tain

Ute

Tri

be

(C

olo

rad

o,

Ne

w M

exic

o a

nd

Uta

h)

ww

w.a

aa

na

tive

art

s.co

m/.

../u

tah

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ibe

s.h

tm

NA

VA

JO D

AN

CE

R

Na

va

jo (

Din

e´)

Fo

od

:P

lan

ted

co

rn,

be

an

s, a

nd

sq

ua

sh.

Hu

nte

d

rab

bit

s, p

rair

ie d

og

s, d

ee

r, a

nd

an

telo

pe

.

Sh

elt

er:

Ho

ga

ns

Clo

thin

g:

An

ima

l sk

ins

an

d w

oo

l.

Wa

y o

f Li

fe:

Clo

se f

am

ily

gro

up

org

an

ize

d a

rou

nd

th

e

mo

the

r o

r g

ran

dm

oth

er.

We

av

ed

, fa

rme

d,

silv

ers

mit

he

d,

an

d r

ais

ed

sh

ee

p a

nd

go

ats

.

Th

e U

te,

Pa

iute

, G

osi

ute

, a

nd

Sh

osh

on

e s

pe

ak

dif

fere

nt

bu

t re

late

d la

ng

ua

ge

s fr

om

a f

am

ily

kn

ow

n

as

the

Nu

mic

La

ng

ua

ge

Fa

mily.

Th

e N

av

ajo

sp

ea

k a

la

ng

ua

ge

th

at

is in

th

e A

tha

pa

ska

n L

an

gu

ag

e F

am

ily

.

He

rdin

g s

he

ep

an

d g

oa

ts w

as,

an

d s

till is,

th

e m

ain

sta

y

of

ma

ny

Na

vajo

fa

milie

s. S

ou

the

rn U

tah

, n

ort

he

rn

Ari

zon

a,

an

d n

ort

he

rn N

ew

Me

xico

is

the

la

nd

of

the

N

av

ajo

, w

ho

are

th

e la

rge

st N

ati

ve A

me

rica

n t

rib

e in

th

e U

nit

ed

Sta

tes.

So

me

pe

op

le b

elie

ve

th

e N

av

ajo

mig

rate

d s

ou

th in

to

the

ir c

urr

en

t h

om

ela

nd

so

me

tim

e a

fte

r 1

30

0 C

.E.

(Co

mm

on

Era

) w

he

re t

he

y liv

ed

as

hu

nte

rs a

nd

g

ath

ere

rs.

At

som

e p

oin

t, t

he

Na

va

jo a

cqu

ire

d s

he

ep

fr

om

th

e S

pa

nis

h a

nd

th

ey

lea

rne

d t

o w

ea

ve

fro

m t

he

H

op

i. T

he

Ho

ga

n is

the

tra

dit

ion

al

Na

va

jo h

ou

se.

Go

shu

te (

Go

siu

te)

Fo

od

:D

ug

fo

r ro

ots

, g

ath

ere

d b

err

ies,

se

ed

s fr

om

gra

sse

s a

nd

pin

e t

ree

s. U

sed

a b

un

ch o

f d

iffe

ren

t p

lan

ts.

Ca

ug

ht

bir

ds,

cri

cke

ts,

mic

e,

rab

bit

s, i

nse

cts,

an

d l

iza

rds.

Sh

elt

er:

Wic

ki-

up

s in

th

e s

um

me

r, c

av

es

an

d

rock

sh

elt

ers

in t

he

win

ter.

Clo

thin

g:

Wo

re l

ittl

e c

loth

ing

an

d h

ad

ra

bb

it-

skin

bla

nk

ets

.

Wa

y o

f Li

fe:

Sm

all

fa

mil

y g

rou

ps.

Sp

en

t m

ost

o

f th

eir

tim

e g

ath

eri

ng

fo

od

.

Th

e G

osh

ute

pe

op

le e

xem

pli

fy t

he

his

tori

c G

rea

t B

asi

n d

ese

rt w

ay

of

life

pe

rha

ps

be

tte

r th

an

an

y o

the

r g

rou

p b

eca

use

of

the

na

ture

o

f th

eir

te

rrit

ory

. T

he

y h

av

e b

oth

be

ne

fite

d

an

d s

uff

ere

d f

rom

th

eir

de

sert

iso

lati

on

. T

he

re a

re t

wo

Ba

nd

s o

f th

e G

osh

ute

Na

tio

n,

the

Sk

ull

Va

lley

Ba

nd

of

Go

shu

te (

trib

al

me

mb

ers

hip

of

12

7)

an

d t

he

Co

nfe

de

rate

d

Tri

be

s o

f th

e G

osh

ute

(tr

iba

l me

mb

ers

hip

of

40

9).

Th

e S

ku

ll V

all

ey

Ba

nd

ha

s st

ea

dily

clu

ng

to

its

18

63

tre

aty

re

lati

on

ship

wit

h t

he

fe

de

ral g

ov

ern

me

nt

an

d r

efu

sed

an

y f

orm

of

Fe

de

ral a

id.

MO

DE

RN

DA

Y N

AT

IVE

AM

ER

ICA

NS

IN

UT

AH

Wh

eth

er

the

y l

ive

in

do

wn

tow

n S

alt

La

ke

C

ity

or

on

a r

ese

rva

tio

n,

me

mb

ers

of

at

lea

st

35

Am

eri

can

In

dia

n t

rib

es

are

re

pre

sen

ted

in

Uta

h,

acc

ord

ing

to

20

00

Ce

nsu

sre

sult

s re

lea

sed

We

dn

esd

ay

, fr

om

th

e l

on

e H

ou

ma

to

th

e 1

4,6

34

Na

va

jos.

Na

va

jos

are

th

e m

ost

pre

va

len

t tr

ibe

in

th

e

sta

te.

Be

hin

d N

av

ajo

s a

re U

tes,

wit

h 2

,94

0

resi

de

nts

, fo

llo

we

d b

y t

ho

se A

me

rica

n

Ind

ian

s w

ho

ch

eck

ed

th

e "

oth

er"

tri

be

s ca

teg

ory

or

did

no

t sp

ecif

y t

o w

hic

h t

rib

e

the

y b

elo

ng

ed

.

Th

e t

rib

es

wit

h t

he

mo

st n

um

be

rs h

av

e

trib

al

lan

ds

insi

de

th

e s

tate

. In

ad

dit

ion

to

th

e N

av

ajo

s a

nd

Ute

s, o

the

r tr

ibe

me

mb

ers

w

ith

sig

nif

ica

nt

nu

mb

ers

in

clu

de

Ch

ero

ke

es,

w

ith

73

6;

Pa

iute

s, w

ith

66

8;

Sio

ux

wit

h 6

55

; S

ho

sho

ne

s, w

ith

61

9;

an

d m

em

be

rs o

f v

ari

ou

s La

tin

Am

eri

can

tri

be

s, w

ith

59

9.

Th

e G

osh

ute

sa

re n

ot

list

ed

as

a t

rib

e o

n

curr

en

t ce

nsu

s re

po

rts,

bu

t th

e p

op

ula

tio

n

of

the

Go

shu

te R

ese

rva

tio

n w

as

90

.

Th

e n

um

be

r o

f A

me

rica

n I

nd

ian

s a

nd

Ala

ska

N

ati

ve

s g

rew

fro

m 2

4,2

83

in

19

90

to

29

,68

4

in 2

00

0,

bu

t th

eir

ch

un

k o

f th

e t

ota

l st

ate

p

op

ula

tio

n w

en

t d

ow

n s

lig

htl

y f

rom

1.4

p

erc

en

t to

1.3

pe

rce

nt.

FO

RK

ED

ST

ICK

HO

GA

N,

NA

VA

JO

NA

TIV

ES

UT

E D

ELE

GA

TIO

N,

WA

SH

ING

TO

N D

.C.

18

80

Ute

Fo

od

:G

ath

ere

d p

lan

ts a

nd

se

ed

s,

fish

ed

. H

un

ted

de

er,

bu

ffa

lo a

nd

an

telo

pe

.

Sh

elt

er:

Te

ep

ee

ma

de

fro

m b

uff

alo

hid

es

an

d t

all

po

les;

co

uld

ca

rry

lik

e a

ten

t.

Clo

thin

g:

Wo

re l

on

g d

ress

es,

skir

ts,

tro

use

rs,

an

d m

occ

asi

ns

ma

de

fro

m

bu

ffa

lo h

ide

s.

Wa

y o

f Li

fe:

Gro

up

s o

f 2

00

div

ide

d

into

sm

alle

r fa

mil

y g

rou

ps.

Wo

me

n

ma

de

clo

the

s fr

om

an

ima

l sk

ins.

Me

n

spe

nt

mo

st o

f th

eir

tim

e h

un

tin

g.

Ho

rse

Rid

er

Ute

Tri

ba

l

Ro

ck A

rt a

t A

rch

es

Na

tio

na

l P

ark

Th

e U

te,

Go

isu

te,

So

uth

ern

Pa

iute

an

d

Sh

osh

on

e l

ive

d s

imil

ar

life

sty

les

by

hu

nti

ng

, fi

shin

g,

an

d g

ath

eri

ng

wild

pla

nt

foo

ds.

Th

e

pin

yo

n n

ut

wa

s e

spe

cia

lly

imp

ort

an

t to

all

of

the

m.

Th

ese

gro

up

s n

ow

liv

e o

n r

ese

rva

tio

ns

in

Uta

h,

Co

lora

do

, N

ev

ad

a a

nd

Id

ah

o,

alt

ho

ug

h

pri

or

to w

hit

e s

ett

lem

en

t, t

he

y r

an

ge

d a

ll

acr

oss

th

e G

rea

t B

asi

n a

nd

In

term

ou

nta

in

We

st.

Th

e s

tate

of

Uta

h i

s n

am

ed

aft

er

the

Ute

tr

ibe

. T

he

Ute

on

ce h

eld

cla

im t

o m

uch

of

Uta

h a

nd

all

of

we

ste

rn C

olo

rad

o.

Th

ey

ra

ng

ed

we

ll o

nto

th

e G

rea

t P

lain

s o

f e

ast

ern

C

olo

rad

o i

nto

Ne

bra

ska

an

d s

ou

th i

nto

Ne

w

Me

xico

. In

his

tori

c ti

me

s, t

he

re w

ere

at

lea

st

11

dif

fere

nt

ba

nd

s o

f th

e U

te t

rib

e.

Ea

ch

ba

nd

cla

ime

d t

he

ir o

wn

te

rrit

ory

bu

t m

em

be

rsh

ip i

n a

ba

nd

wa

s fl

uid

.

Th

e U

te l

ive

d b

y h

un

tin

g,

fish

ing

, g

ath

eri

ng

a

nd

tra

din

g w

ith

oth

er

Na

tiv

e A

me

rica

n

gro

up

s in

th

e a

rea

. H

ou

sin

g c

on

sist

ed

of

bru

sh s

tru

ctu

res

an

d c

on

e-s

ha

pe

d t

ipis

ma

de

fr

om

an

ima

l sk

ins.

Du

rin

g t

he

la

te 1

80

0s,

th

e

Ute

lost

mo

st o

f th

eir

lan

ds

an

d w

ere

re

stri

cte

d t

o r

ese

rva

tio

ns

in s

ou

the

rn

Co

lora

do

an

d n

ort

he

ast

ern

Uta

h.

PA

IUT

E

Fo

od

:G

ath

ere

d s

ee

ds,

pla

nts

, a

nd

ro

ots

. F

arm

ed

co

rn,

squ

ash

, b

ea

ns,

su

nfl

ow

ers

, w

he

at,

an

d m

elo

ns.

Fis

he

d,

hu

nte

d s

ma

ll a

nim

als

.

Sh

elt

er:

Wic

ki-u

p i

n t

he

win

ter

an

d n

oth

ing

in t

he

su

mm

er.

Clo

thin

g:

Wo

re l

ittl

e c

loth

ing

.

Wa

y o

f Li

fe:

Fa

mil

y g

rou

ps

of

15

-30

. W

ov

en

ba

ske

ts u

sed

fo

r st

ora

ge

, ca

rry

ing

wa

ter,

ha

ts,

tra

ys,

an

d b

ow

ls.

•T

he

Pa

iute

are

div

ide

d in

to t

wo

gro

up

s: t

he

No

rth

ern

Pa

iute

a

nd

th

e S

ou

the

rn P

aiu

te.

Th

e N

ort

he

rn P

aiu

te li

ve

d i

n w

ha

t is

n

ow

Ore

go

n,

Ca

lifo

rnia

an

d N

ev

ad

a.

Th

e S

ou

the

rn P

aiu

te

liv

ed

in s

ou

the

rn U

tah

, so

uth

ern

Ne

va

da

, a

nd

no

rth

ern

A

rizo

na

.

Hu

nti

ng

an

d g

ath

eri

ng

wit

h s

om

e f

ish

ing

wa

s th

e m

ain

so

urc

e

of

foo

d.

A S

ou

the

rn P

aiu

te h

ou

se m

igh

t b

e m

ad

e o

f b

rush

an

d

po

les

sta

cke

d i

n a

co

ne

-sh

ap

e.

Th

ese

are

kn

ow

n a

s w

ick

iup

s.

Ba

ske

try

wa

s m

ad

e b

y t

he

So

uth

ern

Pa

iute

, a

s w

as

po

tte

ry.

Th

ere

are

Pa

iute

re

serv

ati

on

s in

so

uth

ern

Uta

h a

nd

in

N

ev

ad

a.

Sh

osh

on

i (S

ho

sho

ne

)

•F

oo

d:

Ga

the

red

ro

ots

, se

ed

s, a

nd

pin

yon

nu

ts.

Fis

he

d,

hu

nte

d s

ma

ll a

nim

als

. R

ais

ed

co

rn,

squ

ash

, a

nd

be

an

s.

Sh

elt

er:

Pit

ho

use

s, W

ick

i-u

ps.

Clo

thin

g:

An

ima

l sk

ins

for

clo

the

s a

nd

bla

nk

ets

.

Wa

y o

f Li

fe:

Sm

all

fa

mil

y b

an

ds.

Ma

de

ba

ske

ts a

nd

so

me

po

tte

ry.

•T

he

we

ste

rn d

ese

rts

of

Uta

h w

ere

th

e h

om

e o

f th

e

Go

siu

te.

Th

ey

are

re

late

d t

o t

he

we

ste

rn S

ho

sho

ne

g

rou

ps

an

d,

thro

ug

h i

nte

rma

rria

ge

, to

th

e U

te.

Th

e

Go

siu

te l

ive

d i

n t

he

Gre

at

Ba

sin

as

hu

nte

rs a

nd

g

ath

ere

rs.

Th

ey

bu

ilt c

on

e-s

ha

pe

d w

ick

iup

s a

nd

si

mila

r st

ruct

ure

s. T

wo

re

serv

ati

on

s in

we

ste

rn

Uta

h a

re n

ow

th

e h

om

e o

f th

e G

osi

ute

.

Ida

ho

, e

ast

ern

Ore

go

n a

nd

no

rth

ern

Uta

h w

as

the

h

om

e o

f th

e N

ort

he

rn S

ho

sho

ni.

Th

e E

ast

ern

S

ho

sho

ni

live

d a

cro

ss w

est

ern

Wy

om

ing

, n

ort

he

ast

ern

Uta

h,

an

d n

ort

hw

est

ern

Co

lora

do

. S

ho

sho

ni

live

lih

oo

d r

evo

lve

d a

rou

nd

hu

nti

ng

, g

ath

eri

ng

an

d f

ish

ing

. B

iso

n h

un

tin

g w

as

esp

eci

all

y

imp

ort

an

t.

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