For time immemorial, the Goshute, Paiute, Shoshone, and Ute people have called the Great Salt Lake Basin home. In this episode of Stay Salty, we learn about Shoshone and Ute connections to Great Salt Lake. We talk with Rios Pacheco, the cultural and history advisor for the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, and Forrest S. Cuch, a member of the Ute Indian Tribe and former director of the Utah Division of Indian Affairs. Pacheco and Cuch share the importance of Great Salt Lake to their people and how colonization has impacted that relationship.

As we ask who gets to stay (or leave), we must remember this question is not new for Indigenous people who have been forcibly removed from the Great Salt Lake Basin.

CORRECTION: In this episode, Forrest Cuch said the Ute Ouray Reservation was established in 1860, but it was established for the Uncompahgre Utes in 1880.

In this episode, we reference a 2018 article in YES! Magazine by Kyle Powys Whyte, titled "White Allies, Let's Be Honest About Decolonization." We recommend reading the whole piece: https://www.yesmagazine.org/issue/decolonize/2018/04/03/white-allies-lets-be-honest-about-decolonization

You can also learn more about the Indigenous history of the Great Salt Lake Basin by reading Forrest Cuch's book, A History of Utah's American Indians: https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31200154726&dest=usa&ref_=ps_ggl_17721428148&cm_mmc=ggl-_-US_Shopp_Trade_20to50-_-product_id=COM9780913738498NEW-_-keyword=&gclid=CjwKCAjw26KxBhBDEiwAu6KXt2w-oYA-o29y0L-QfhC6F3MJ69Ag0EB8F98Jd84QN4i11UkDCVbFyhoC5mwQAvD_BwE