Affiliated Ute Citizens of the State of Utah

  The Northern Shoshoni   by Madsen, Brigham D The Northern Shoshoni by Brigham D. Madsen is a detailed historical and ethnographic study of the Northern Shoshoni people, exploring their social, cultural, and political life in the Great Basin and surrounding regions. Madsen provides a comprehensive account of the Northern Shoshoni’s traditional lifeways, including their kinship systems, economic practices, seasonal movements, and spiritual beliefs, situating these within the broader environmental and historical context of the American West. The book also examines the profound effects of Euro-American expansion, including the fur trade, settler encroachment, military campaigns, and U.S. federal Indian policies. Madsen highlights both the disruptions these pressures caused and the resilience of the Northern Shoshoni in maintaining cultural cohesion, negotiating treaties, and adapting to changing circumstances. The work draws on extensive archival research, oral histories, and ...

  The Shoshoni Frontier and the Bear River Massacre In January 1863 over two hundred Shoshoni men, women, and children died on the banks of the Bear River at the hands of volunteer soldiers from California. Bear River was one of the largest Indian massacres in the Trans-Mississippi West, yet the massacre has gone almost unnoticed as it occurred during a time when national attention was focused on the Civil War, and the deaths of the Shoshoni Indians in a remote corner of the West was of only passing interest.  Bear River was the culmination of events from nearly two decades of Indian-white interaction. The Shoshoni homelands encompassed a huge expanse of territory and were traversed by the main paths of western travel, forcing Indian-white encounters. Initially friendly and accommodating to white travelers in the 1840s, by the late 1850s resentment soared among the Indians as they were killed and their food stocks were consumed by emigrants and their livestock. The process of ...

  Wovoka, The Indian Messiah Wovoka, The Indian Messiah tells the remarkable story of Wovoka (Jack Wilson) , the Northern Paiute spiritual leader who founded the Ghost Dance movement in the late 19th century. The book explores Wovoka’s life, his visions, and the spiritual and cultural revival he inspired among Native American communities across the Great Basin and beyond. Through careful historical research, the narrative situates Wovoka within the broader context of U.S. westward expansion, the forced displacement of Native peoples, and the devastating impacts of disease, starvation, and land loss. The Ghost Dance is presented not merely as a religious phenomenon, but as a profound expression of resistance, hope, and the desire to restore Indigenous sovereignty, cultural traditions, and connection to the land. The book examines how Wovoka’s teachings spread rapidly, influencing tribes such as the Lakota, Paiute, and Shoshone, and how the movement culminated in tensions with th...

  Notes on Hillers' Photographs of the Paiute and Ute Indians Taken on the Powell Expedition of 1873 Notes on Hillers' Photographs of the Paiute and Ute Indians Taken on the Powell Expedition of 1873 provides a detailed analysis and contextual study of the photographs captured by E. O. Hillers during Major John Wesley Powell’s second expedition through the Colorado River and surrounding regions. These images, taken in 1873, document the lives, customs, and material culture of the Paiute and Ute peoples , offering one of the earliest visual records of Indigenous communities in the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau. This work situates Hillers’ photographs within both the ethnographic and historical context of the Powell expeditions, explaining the significance of each image and its contribution to understanding Ute and Paiute lifeways, attire, tools, dwellings, and ceremonies. The notes also address the methodology and intentions behind the photographs, highlighting the interpl...

  Dances and Societies of the Plains Shoshone This book explores a series of related topics centered upon the military societies of the Plains Shoshone and the Dances and Societies of the Wind River Shoshone. The author positions the topic within the context of the military societies of the Plains area and draws parallels between these societies and those of the Wind River Shoshone examined in the text. Thematic depth is achieved by exploring cultural practices associated with these societies and the analysis of how they operated within native communities. The significance of this book lies in the knowledge it contributes to the understanding of the military societies of the Plains area by extending the study to include the Wind River Shoshone, giving readers a deeper insight into the diverse cultural practices observed across this geographic expanse.