Commentary and Perspectives

Mr. Gottfredson spent many years living among the Native Indian people. He spent many hours listening to their stories, and what it means to be Indian. "These are the people who paid the ultimate price, and we owe it to them to know who they are, and what they are doing," Phillip says. The following are a few accounts he feels reflects the perspective of the Native people. Several are written by the Ute.

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THE BLACK HAWK WAR LEGACY DON'T SANITIZE THE WAR! "I am sickened every time I have heard "we have given the Ute every chance to succeed, yet they choose to live off the government, and live in poverty." What kind of choice have they been given? To conform to white man's beliefs or walk knee deep in the blood of their people?  -Phillip B Gottfredson

 

PROMISES BARAK OBAMA HAS MADE TO THE AMERICAN INDIAN PEOPLE "My American Indian policy begins with creating a bond between an Obama administration and the tribal nations all across this country. We need more than just a government-to-government relationship; we need a nation-to-nation relationship, and I will make sure that tribal nations have a voice in the White House."

 PERSPECTIVE ON THE BLACK HAWK WAR by Phillip B Gottfredson During the mid to late 1860's United States President Grant  had passed the care of the of the Indian people to the Christians. Under the motto "kill the Indian and save the man" policies of schooling the indigenous people, implemented by the U.S. Government, families were torn apart.

BRIGHAM YOUNG ON THE PROPER WAY TO TREAT THE INDIANS " Treat them kindly, and treat them as Indians, and not as your equals." -1854

OUR STORY IS COSMIC It is a lesson that America should learn and live by. Great nations are judged by how they treat their indigenous people.

TERMINATED UTES Parents of one family with minor children contacted a Utah Attorney who told them he would stop this forced sale and told them he would meet with them in front of the First Security Bank the next morning.  

SECRET OF THE BONES "These people were seated and shot at close range," Rood said. Forensic study of the remains of the victims of the Mountain Meadows Massacre.