"A History of Utah's American Indians" - Introduction

A HISTORY OF UTAH'S AMERICAN INDIANS Edited by Forrest S. Cuch A HISTORY OF UTAH'S AMERICAN INDIANS A HISTORY OF UTAH'S AMERICAN INDIANS Edited by Forrest S. Cuch with chapters by David Begay Dennis Defa Clifford Duncan Ronald Holt Nancy Maryboy Robert S. McPherson Mae Parry Gary Tom and Mary Jane Yazzie 2003 Utah State Division of Indian Affairs / Utah State Division of History Salt Lake City Copyright © 2000 by the Utah Division of Indian Affairs and the Utah Division of State History All Rights Reserved ISBN 0- 912728- 49- 2 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 00- 133020 Printed in Canada Utah Division of Indian Affairs Utah Division of State History 324 South State Street Suite 500 300 Rio Grande Salt Lake City, Utah 84114 Salt Lake City, Utah 84101- 1182 Distributed to the book trade by Utah State University Press Logan, Utah 84322- 7800 The paperback edition reprint of this book is made possible through a grant from the George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation. Book and cover design by Richard Firmage Cover and frontispiece art by Dallin Maybee Preface Allan Kent Powell The commemorations of the Utah Statehood Centennial in 1996 and the Sesquicentennial of Utah Settlement in 1997 were cause for reflec­tion not only on these milestones in Utah's history but also for a reex­amination of the people, events, and movements that constitute Utah history. To this end, several projects were launched prior to the com­memorations; they included a one- volume Utah history encyclopedia, a one- volume history of Utah, a four- volume comprehensive history of the state, and a twenty- nine- volume county centennial history series. All of these projects were designed to provide careful accounts of how Utah has developed from prehistoric times to the present. Other books , films, and projects looked at particular aspects of the Utah experience. They included Utah's struggle for statehood, Utah's literary legacy, the Mor­mon Trail and overland travel to Utah, the state's natural heritage, and what Utahns thought about themselves and their state through an essay project, known as " Faces of Utah," that involved contributions from thou­sands of the state's residents.