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