Historic People of Utah

Ute

Bear Dance custom to honor their bear ancestors

hogan

Navajo shelter, the door always faces east, made from logs and dirt

Ute and Shoshone

ate buffalo, deer, fish, small birds, seeds, berries and small animals

Goshute

ate crickets and small desert animals

Navajo

ate sheep, goats and farmed for food

Goshute

called "root diggers" because they ate the roots of desert plants

Navajo

creation legend involves the Supreme Sacred Wind and the Dawn and Twilight families

Ute

creation legend involves the curious coyote scattering the sticks (people) across the land

Paiute

farmed for food, growing beans, squash and corn

Shoshone

lived in Northern Utah, around and above the Great Salt Lake

Goshute

lived in the central, western side of Utah where Millard and Juab counties are today

Ute

lived in the eastern, central part of Utah

Paiute

lived in the southwest corner of Utah, where Washington and Kane counties are today

Navajo

lived south of the San Juan river in the very southeast corner of Utah

Navajo

made wool blankets and clothes

wickiup

temporary brush dwelling used by Paiute, Goshute and Desert Gatherers

Ute

the largest historic group of Native people in Utah

tepee

used by Shoshone and Utes, usually made from large animal skin

Ute and Shoshone

used horses to help them hunt and travel

Paiutes and Goshutes

wore very little clothing in the summer because it was hot where they lived and it took to many resources and time to make