Affiliated Ute Citizens of the State of Utah

  Provo: Pioneer Mormon City Provo: Pioneer Mormon City , compiled by the Workers of the Writers’ Program of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Utah, is a comprehensive historical account of Provo from its origins as a Mormon pioneer settlement through its transformation into a regional community. A central and particularly significant theme of the book is the complex, often fraught interaction between Mormon settlers and the Timpanogos people , whose homeland encompassed Utah Valley long before Euro-American settlement. This emphasis is most clearly developed in Chapter IV, “Fort Utah Mission,” Chapter V, “Second Fort Utah – ‘A Very Eligible Place,’” and Chapter VI, “Indian Slaves and the Walker War.” These chapters examine early missionary efforts, the establishment and relocation of Fort Utah, negotiations and conflicts over land and resources, and the escalating violence that culminated in warfare and forced displacement. The book does not shy away from detailin...

  Founding Fort Utah Provo's Native Inhabitants, Early Explorers, and First Year of Settlement Founding Fort Utah: Provo’s Native Inhabitants, Early Explorers, and First Year of Settlement by D. Robert Carter (2003) examines the establishment of Fort Utah in 1849 with particular attention to the Timpanogos Indians , the Native people of Utah Valley, whose homeland the settlers entered. Drawing heavily on primary sources such as journals, letters, and contemporary accounts, the book reconstructs the valley’s history prior to settlement and the fraught first year of coexistence, conflict, and survival between Mormon pioneers and the Timpanogos, a band of the Ute people. Carter places the Timpanogos at the center of the narrative, describing their social structure, seasonal movements, subsistence practices, and long-standing ties to Utah Lake and the surrounding valley. The book explores how earlier encounters with Spanish and American explorers—such as Escalante and Jedediah Smith—...

  The Great Vanishing Act: Blood Quantum and the Future of Native Nations The Great Vanishing Act: Blood Quantum and the Future of Native Nations is a nonfiction anthology edited by Kathleen Ratteree and Norbert S. Hill, Jr. , published by Fulcrum Publishing in 2017 . The book examines the history and consequences of blood quantum , a racial classification system imposed through U.S. federal policy and adopted by many tribes to determine Native identity and citizenship. Through a mix of scholarly essays, personal narratives, poetry, satire, and legal analysis, contributors from diverse Indigenous nations explore how blood quantum emerged from colonial efforts to control land, resources, and Native populations, and how it continues to shape belonging, exclusion, and sovereignty today.  The collection argues that blood quantum functions as a “vanishing” mechanism that gradually reduces the number of people legally recognized as Native, threatening the future of Native nations...

  Indian Claims Commission Decisions; Volume 08, Docket nos. 044, 045 Uintah Ute Indians of Utah, Plaintiffs, v. the United States of America, Defendant. Defendant Attorney: Keith Browne Plaintiff Attorneys: Robert W. Baker, Glen A. Wilkinson Associate Counsel of Record for Plaintiffs: F. M. Goodwin Attorney of Record for Plaintiffs: Ernest L. Wilkinson Plaintiff Witnesses: Preston Allen (Affiliated Ute Citizen of the State of Utah), Joseph Workman (Affiliated Ute Citizen of the State of Utah), Jason Cuch, Harvey Natchess, Charles Atwine John Boyden, attorney of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as general counsel for the Uintah Ute Indians of Utah and their affiliated groups.

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