First Peoples

Paiute_Indians_P_14.jpg
John K. Hillers, Paiute Indians P.14, digitally published 2008, Utah State Historical Society, Classified Photograph Collection, used by permission, https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=449894&q=paiute+mon-su&facet_format_t=%22image%2Fjpeg%22.

Overview

  • Ancestral: The homeland and livelihood of the Southern Paiute people
  • Contact: Early contact with Euro-Americans, including the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition
  • Colonization: Interactions with settlers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including missionary activities and "adoptions"
  • Reservations, Boarding Schools, and Today: Creation of the Shivwits Reservation, the Panguitch Boarding School, and federal changes revoking and later restoring tribal status
First Peoples