- Fact 2 - The Southwest Indians were
tribes of hunter farmers and covered parts of the U.S. states of
Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Colorado
- Fact 3 - Names of Border States:
Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming
- Fact 4 - Origin of the name of the
state: Taken from the name of the Ute Indians, whose name means
"people of the mountains"
- Fact 5 - Features of the area: High
Colorado plateau, canyons, broad, flat, desert, the
Great Salt Lake Rockies, valleys and
plateaus,
- Fact 6 - The Indians of Utah
included the Bannock, Goshute (Gosiute), Navaho, Paiute, Shoshoni and the
Ute tribes
- Fact 7 - The Bannock or Banate tribe, originated
in Western Idaho and spoke the Northern Paiute language. The
Bannock tribe developed a horse culture and were closely
associated with the Northern Shoshone with whom they eventually
merged. In 1868 the Bannock tribe was restricted to the Fort
Hall Reservation in Idaho. They experienced a terrible famine
which together with broken treaties led to the Bannock War of
1878.
- Fact 8 - The Goshute (aka Gosiute)
lived in in small camps in the desert regions southwest of the
Great Salt Lake. They had a hard life due to the hostile desert
area they inhabited with its limited natural resources. They are
a Shoshonean-speaking people
- Fact 9 - The Navajo, aka Navaho,
were formerly a nomadic tribe in brush shelters called hogans.
The Navajo settled among the Pueblo and also assimilated with
the Shoshone and the Yuma
- Fact 10 - The Paiutes: There were two distinct
groups of the Paiute ( meaning pīt) tribe - the Southern Paiute
and the Northern Paiute. The Northern Paiute were more warlike
than their southern relatives. The Southern Paiute are often
called the Diggers because they subsisted on root digging.
- Fact 11 - The Shoshoni tribe aka
Shoshone lived in many locations including California. The
Shoshoni were a tribe of nomadic hunters.
- Fact 12 - The Ute tribe were members of the
Shoshone people of Utah, Nevada, Colorado and New Mexico. They
are believed to be related to the Aztecs. They were feared as
fierce, nomadic warriors
- Fact 13 - 1853 The Walker War
with the Ute Indians begins over slavery among the Indians.
1865-1868 Ute Black Hawk War last major Indian conflict in Utah
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