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The University of Utah American Indian Resource Center (AIRC), Utah on Nov. 17 2022.

Here’s how the U is Honoring its Native American Students for Native American Heritage Month

By Stevie Shaughnessey, Home Stretch Producer, Host November 19, 2022

  November is Native American Heritage Month, and the University of Utah is working to honor the Native American people of Utah. Some of the ways the U is doing this is by recognizing Indigenous...

A. Ray Olpin Union at the University of Utah. (Tom Denton | Daily Utah Chronicle)

U Committee Releases Indigenous Land Acknowledgement

By Kayleigh Silverstein, Special Projects Managing Editor, News Writer November 8, 2020

  The University of Utah is built on the homelands of the Shoshone, Paiute, Goshute and Ute Tribes. On Oct. 9, 2020, the U acknowledged this fact publicly in an Indigenous Land Acknowledgement. “The...

The Native American eagle headdress that was displayed on stage during the Solidarity Rally against racism at Washington Square Park in Salt Lake City, Utah on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (Rishi Deka | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Barron: Keep Talking about Re-Nicknaming the U

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer August 25, 2020

  In late June, the Salt Lake Tribune published an opinion piece by Christopher Mead, a University of Utah employee, arguing that the U needs to retire the Ute nickname as our communities reckon...

Members from the Ute Indian tribe performa a ritual dance during the game vs. the Washington Huskies at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Saturday, October 29, 2016. | Chronicle archives

Poma: What’s in a Name? More than Institutions May Realize

By Sasha Poma, Assistant Opinion Editor August 12, 2020

  Over the past few months, the powerful resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement has reignited discussions about racism in the United States – including cultural appropriation. Within...

The University of Utah Football team lined up during warmups prior to kickoff in an NCAA Football game vs. the University of Arizona at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, UT on Friday October 12, 2018.(Photo by Curtis Lin | Daily Utah Chronicle)

University of Utah and Ute Tribe Extend Contract For Next Five Years

By Sammy Mora, Sports Editor March 6, 2020

  The Ute name is here to stay. The University of Utah announced on Tuesday, March 3 that athletic teams, as well as the school, will still don the name “Utes” for the next five years.  The...

(Photo by Cara MacDonald | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Petition for Ute Lands: The Ute PAC Will Soon Visit the U to Find Support From Students

By Mackenzie McDermott December 4, 2018

  The Ute Indian Tribe Political Action Committee (Ute PAC) aims to break new ground at the University of Utah. A new year comes with new goals and the Ute PAC is setting its sights on U students. Students...

(Photo by Christina Giardinelli | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Scott: It’s Time for Utah to Acknowledge its Treatment of American Indians

By Elise Scott, Opinion Writer December 3, 2018

  In 1847, when the first Mormon pioneers permanently rested their handcarts in what would later become the state of Utah, roughly 20,000 Shoshone, Goshute, Ute, Paiute and Navajo were already...

White Mesa, Utah, a reservation in southeast Utah that is home to the White Mesa Ute Mountain Ute Tribe.

Ute Tribe in Southern Utah Struggles Against America’s Last Uranium Mill

By Connor Richards July 27, 2017

In the Southeastern corner of Utah, just off Highway 191, tucked tightly in the middle of San Juan County, there is a small community of between 250 and 300 Ute Indians known as the White Mesa Ute Mountain...

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