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Utah. Died. 1855 (aged 47) Utah. Chief Walkara (c. 1808 – 1855; also known as Wakara, Wahkara, Chief Walker or Colorow) was a Northern Ute leader of the Utah Indians known as the Timpanogo and Sanpete Band. He had a reputation as a diplomat, horseman and warrior, and a military leader of raiding parties, and in the Wakara War. [1]
Colorow was a Ute chief of the Ute Mountain Utes, skilled horseman, and warrior. He was involved in treaty negotiations with the U.S. government. In 1879, he fought during the Meeker Massacre. Eight years later, his family members were attacked during Colorow's War. [1] He was placed in the Jefferson County Hall of Fame in recognition of for ...
Birdseye view of the town of Manti and the Sanpete Valley. The San Pitch Utes ( Sahpeech, Sanpeech, Sanpits, San-pitch) were members of a band of Ute people that lived in the Sanpete Valley and Sevier River Valley and along the San Pitch River. They may have originally been Shoshonean, and were generally considered as part of the Timpanogos.
The setting in Oklahoma was particularly apt, given the state's Native American population of nearly 10% and the 2020 U.S. Supreme Court ruling re-affirming that about half the state's territory ...
Wakara's War, also known as Walker's War was a dispute between the Ute people and the Mormon settlers in Utah Valley and surrounding areas. This war is characterized as a string of disputes and skirmishes over property and the land from July 1853 to May 1854. This war was influenced by factors such as religious differences, the slave trade, and ...
Chief Walkara, also known as Chief Walker, a noted mid-19th-century chief [24] [better source needed] led his people against Mormon settlers in the Walker War. The war included several armed conflicts with settlers and Mormon militiamen. Chief Black Hawk, leader of the Black Hawk War (1865–1872), was a son of San-Pitch. [24] [better source ...
Tutsegabit was a 19th-century leader of the Piede (Chemehuevi) bands of the Paiute tribe. In 1857 Tutsegabit was the chief of six bands of Chemehuevi Piutes (Piedes). [1] Together with another Chemehuevi chief, Youngwuds, some Tonaquint Pahute chiefs (likely "Jackson"), and several Ute chiefs (Kanosh, the Pahvant Ute mormon chief, Ammon ...
The Oklahoma County jail has had its third inmate death of 2024. James Lynn Jetton, 27, of Oklahoma City, died Tuesday, eight days after being arrested again in his 2022 attempted car burglary case.