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Had hunter-gatherer way of life but incorporated agriculture. They lived in masonry structures and had sophisticated pottery and pottery.
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The Anasazi lived in southeastern Utah and built their homes in complexes that were tucked into cliff faces. They harvested their foods from crops.
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The Shoshone were hunter-gatherers and lived mainly in the Northeastern parts of Utah.
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Lived in the western deserts of Utah. Very adaptive hunter-gatherers who lived in small nomadic family bands. They lived in wickiups.
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Lived in Southwestern Utah. They combined their hunting-gathering skills with food-plain gardening to get food. They are a non-warlike people.
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Lived in the central and eastern two-thirds of the state. The Ute were hunter-gatherers and utilized the horse and buffalo culture. They traded horses lived in wickiups and tepees.
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Very adaptive hunter-gatherers who also incorporated livestock and agriculture. Lived in southeastern Utah in hogans.
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Explorers and trappers begin to explore Utah and open trade with the Native American tribes.
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The Mormon settlers arrive in Utah.
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Abe Lincoln set aside the Uintah Valley Indian Reservation for the Ute.
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May Navajo people moved to Utah at this time. They moved to the San Juan and Monument Valley regions.
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The Goshute lived in the west desert until they were granted a reservation in 1910.
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The Indian Bureau began a relocation program to help Native American people get off-reservation jobs.
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Native Americans received assistance from the Public Health Service and other federal and state agencies.
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The Native American population in Utah was 11,273.
