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Show THE GOSHUTES W E S H A L L R E M A I N : U TA H I N D I A N C U R R I C U L U M G U I D E 113 TEACHER BACKGROUND Prior to contact with Europeans, the Goshutes showed remarkable ingenuity in their ability to live in the harsh environment of the desert and mountains south and west of the Great Salt Lake. In their attempts to survive and maintain their traditional homeland after whites started moving into Utah, they displayed that same adaptability. However, while prior to the arrival of whites, they construct-ed a complex culture rooted in deep ethnobotanical knowledge of their homeland, white incursions placed the Goshutes on the brink of extinction. To persevere, they relied on both their ties to their land, some of which they still occupy, and their culture. Objecti ve The student will be able to relate the ingenuity and adaptability of the Goshutes to the environmental conditions and historical events that characterized the Goshute experience in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Student Materials Jedediah Smith Travels through the Goshute Homeland in 1827 Goshute Elder Maude Moon Talks about Goshute Plant Use Scientist Ralph Chamberlin Writes about Gos-hute Ethnobotany Goshute Worksheet Time Frame Forty minutes Teacher Materials At a Glance: Goshute Ingenuity in a Challenging Desert Ecosystem Goshute Interactive Map (available online at www.UtahIndians.org) We Shall Remain: The Goshute (chapter 2, 0:23-4:25; chapter 3, 4:25-6:15; chapter 4, 14:42-17:00; and chapter 5, 22:00-24:00) Goshute adaptability in a delicate homeland and the Impact of White Encroachment Procedure Describe the objective of this lesson to the students; then either distribute copies and have students read or read aloud the excerpt from The Travels of Jedediah Smith. Show students where Smith was. Ask students what sort of environment Smith encountered. Remind them that the very same desert is a place of extremes in the winter as well as in the summer. |