Research, and Muses
Mr. Gottfredson
spent years researching the history of the Utah Indian people. The
following are a collection of interesting facts and stories he
collected. These accounts attest to the failed and destructive
attempts to force assimilation upon the Utah American Indian peoples into western
culture. Manifest Destiny, the Termination Act, religious
fanaticism, grave robbing, and ambiguous Indian policies imposed
upon the Indian peoples. Also among these accounts you will find a
detailed timeline of the war, copies of phony and manipulative
treaties, along with maps detailing the Black Hawk War battle
grounds and Indian populations. And other related information from
Utah's dusky past.
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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.
ASSIMILATION and the Legacy of
the Black Hawk War Stripping of the Ute Identity.
An overview of the Black Hawk War legacy, of perpetual
demoralization of the First Peoples of Utah.
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.
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Another Tea Pot Dome
“There is sure to be some who will disagree with what is written
here and even retaliation by someone, somewhere, because of what
is in this piece. This Article is but a brief History of the Uintas
Heritage which is being disposed of systematically and is
compiled from private oral interviews!” - Illa Chivers
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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.
EXAMINATION OF BLACK HAWKS PHYSICAL REMAINS
By permission from the NAGPRA.
Historical events
GRAVE ROBBERS
EXHUME BLACK HAWK'S GRAVE
This is the newspaper article giving recognition to grave robbers
who in 1919 looted the grave of Black Hawk, and his remains were
publically displayed in the window of the Spanish Fork Coop, then
later put on public display in the LDS Church Museum on Temple
Square Salt Lake City for nearly 60 years. The graves Protection Act
had been passed in 1909 clearly the LDS church was in violation of
federal law.
THE
EZRA BOOTH LETTERS It is well known that the ostensible design of the Mormonites
in settling in the western part of Missouri, is to convert the
Indians to the faith of Mormonism. In this, the leaders appear to
have in view, as a mode, the Jesuits of the 16th century, who
established themselves in South America, by gaining an entire
ascendancy over the hearts and consciences of the natives, and
thereby became their masters.
THE LAND OF THE LAMANITES That the
Lamanites would become a "white and delightsome people" and would be
forgiven of the sins of their forefathers. Can you say Vitiligo?
THE NAMES A list of some 640 names
both Indian and non-Indian that are mentioned
in Peter Gottfredson's book Indian Depredations in Utah. You might
find your ancestor in here.
TREATIES OF THE BLACK HAWK WAR
Contrary to popular folklore, there were no treaties made between
Mormon settlers and the First People. Yet virtually every town in
Utah lays claim to treaties being signed in their town that
concluded the war. These claims are simply not true. Dr. Floyd
O'Neil University of Utah said, "They were only agreements. Only the
federal government had the authority to make treaties with the
Indian people." These phony treaties were divisive and used to
coerce and deceive the Indians into giving up their homeland to the
LDS Church before the United States government took it.
BRIGHAM YOUNG ON THE PROPER WAY TO TREAT THE INDIANS
"Treat them kindly, and treat them as Indians, and not as your equals." -1854
FACTOIDS OF THE BLACK HAWK WAR Facts of Chiefs, warriors, and etc. of the Black Hawk War
TIMOTHY H. O'SULLIVAN'S MANIFEST
DESTINY
Racial and Cultural Discrimination at it's
worst!
PETER GOTTFREDSON'S
AUTOBIOGRAPHY He spent much of his life living in the Ute Indian camps
during the Black Hawk War.
EULOGY to Peter Gottfredson 1938
"He was a busy man and the men who think of Peter Gottfredson are the men who think of the grandness of his character."
EXCERPTS Excerpts from Peter
Gottfredson's classic history Indian Depredations in Utah.
MAPS MAPS MAPS
1866 Map of the Black Hawk War Created
by Phillip Gottfredson
See where the battles took place during the war!
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