President Donald Trump hosted an event for Native American Code Talkers at the White House on Monday, 27 November 2017, honoring war heroes who used their native language to secure communications during World War I and World War II. President Trump referred to these Natives as “special people” who have Read more…
A question which has been raised by potential members of our Caucus is what relationship (if any) we have with the Utah League of Native American Voters. “The Utah League of Native American Voters is a nonpartisan political organization and coalition of Native Americans and community organizations that encourages informed Read more…
UPDATE: On January 27, 2018, the Utah GOP accepted our Petition and welcomed our organization into theirs. Members, On Friday, 13 October 2017, we formally petitioned the Utah Republican Party for “Official Auxiliary Status”. This is the first step in being recognized by the majority Party in the State. At Read more…
RIO RANCHO, N.M. – Navajo Code Talker David Patterson, Sr. passed away Sunday at the age of 94, according to a press release from the Navajo Nation. Patterson served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1943 and was honorably discharged in 1945. He received the Silver Congressional Medal of Honor. According to Read more…
CACHE COUNTY, UTAH — 02 October 2017: Every year, families around the country join together to give thanks and remember the early friendship shared between Colonists and Native Americans. This year, in remembrance of that solemn tradition, we seek to rekindle that relationship by introducing the voice of the Native Read more…
In conjunction with the national PBS broadcast of the American Experience series, We Shall Remain, offers a powerful perspective on the American Indian tribes of the Great Basin region now known as Utah. This 5-disc set, designed as a community-wide outreach program, was produced in collaboration with the five nations Read more…
Termination’s Legacy by R. Warren Metcalf describes how the federal policy of termination irrevocably affected the lives of a group of mixed-blood Ute Indians who made their home on the Uintah-Ouray Reservation in Utah. Following World War II many Native American communities were strongly encouraged to terminate their status as Read more…
Beneath These Red Cliffs: An Ethnohistory of the Utah Paiutes by Ronald Holt recounts the survival of a people against all odds, with a foreword by Lora Tom, chair of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah. A compound of rapid white settlement of the most productive Southern Paiute homelands, especially Read more…
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