I tell this story because the jailing of Ute people 101 years ago had devastating consequences for my community and healing is necessary even today.
This 2017, file photo shows Arch Canyon within Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. In 1923, two Ute men fled a jail in nearby Blanding, Utah, into the surrouding desert landscape today known as Bears Ears National Monument. In retaliation 80 members of the Anikanuche were interned in a camp and eventually forced to surrender their land and stop their traditional hunting.
But while Japanese American incarceration sites, including the Topaz Camp near Delta, Utah, have memorials to the victims, there are no plaques or interpretive displays in Blanding acknowledging the suffering my ancestors endured.” and the “Last Indian Uprising.
Two Ute men were murdered, including Posey. Ute children were among those shipped to Indian Boarding Schools, separating families and cutting off traditional teachings. As a condition of release, prisoners in the camp had to sign allotment papers for small parcels of land that relinquished their claims to the large Ute reservation that had once been proposed for nearly all of San Juan County.
I was selected to direct the 100 Years of Silence project, and I’ve been working with elders, historians and artists to facilitate healing. We’ve hosted many meetings to listen to community members talk about this history. Seven local artists produced pieces now on display at The Leonardo Museum of Creativity and Innovation in Salt Lake City until May 28. On March 23, we hosted a public launch for the project with presentations from 18 Ute Tribal members.
Perhaps one day, a memorial could be installed on the site of the incarceration camp that is near the historic bank building that still stands in Blanding. As the Ute scholar Forrest S. Cuch reminded us at the anniversary, healing cannot occur until the truth is known and accepted.
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