Utah leaders have redesigned the state flag to better represent tribal nations. But when it comes to policy — specifically about saving the Great Salt Lake — Native representation is conspicuously lacking.
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"Look, science is science. We absolutely need the science," Parry said. "But all the science in the world will not make up for our selfish behaviors. To assume scientific knowledge is superior to Indigenous wisdom, that kind of thought process can be harmful."A spokesperson for Wilson's office declined to comment on the makeup of the boards but noted the Great Salt Lake Trust was set up under the discretion of the Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands.
Gov. Spencer Cox, too, said he supports adding native voices to discussions about the Great Salt Lake. The Northwest Shoshone experienced the most horrific slaughter of Native people in U.S. history during the Bear River Massacre in 1863. It meant giving up their nomadic hunter-gather lifestyle. It meant watching the bison, beavers and grizzly bears they once considered kin get driven out by farms, businesses and subdivisions. It meant they watched the Great Salt Lake — a place the Northwest Shoshone hold sacred, Parry said, as the heart of their creation story — shrivel as its water got siphoned away.
Sara Dant, a professor and chair of the history department at Weber State University, said overlooking Native voices in Great Salt Lake management is "typical" but also "ridiculous in this day and age."
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