The recently released book, “The Bear River Massacre: A Shoshone History”, by Darren Parry, Chairman of the Northwestern Band of Shoshone, is the first book to tell the story of “the largest massacre of Native Americans by federal troops in the history of the United States” from the perspective of the Shoshone Nation. In this …
Speaker: Darren Parry
Author Meets Critics “The Whites Want Every Thing: Indian-Mormon Relations, 1847–1877”
The Whites Want Every Thing, by Will Bagley, explores the Native American view of Mormon and “Indian” relations during the years 1847-1First, Bagley will discuss his book. Then Native American leaders and scholars will share their views on the book and on the myths and realities of Mormon and Indian relations. Did 19th-century Mormons really …