State leaders say they want native perspectives included in conversations about the Great Salt Lake, but actions to date show otherwise.
, which include scientists and land managers. None of these panels include or require members that voice an Indigenous perspective.
Still, the division spokesperson noted that the trust is “still in its early stages,” adding the division “supports the inclusion of local tribal leaders on additional councils.” “We are never opposed to tribal representation on these important water issues,” he said in an emailed statement. “In fact, we created a new seat on the Colorado River Commission specifically for them. If the Legislature is interested in adding representation from the tribes, we would support that legislation.”
“Our story would have been a little different,” Parry said, “if we had a reservation on the north end of the lake.”While some of the surviving tribal members, many chose to remain in their homeland near the Great Salt Lake. They were baptized into Utah’s predominant faith, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. While Parry said those tribal members may have felt motivated by a genuine spiritual connection, he conceded the conversion was, at least in part, a means of survival.
It meant giving up their nomadic hunter-gather lifestyle. It meant watching the bison, beavers and grizzly bears they once considered kin get driven out by farms, businesses and subdivisions. It meant they watched the Great Salt Lake — a place the Northwest Shoshone hold sacred, Parry said, as the heart of their creation story — shrivel as its water got siphoned away.
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