As members of several Western tribes gathered in the Utah State Capitol to honor a Paiute dancer killed by a Millard County sheriff’s deputy, jaws dropped and glares were raised toward the rotunda, where murals depict the state’s history. Amid the fur traders and Mormon pioneers, a couple of American Indians lurk behind trees in the backgrounds. Only one panel, euphemistically titled Peace With The Indians • September 1852, shows the full faces of any of Utah’s indigenous people. ‘Peace with the Indians?’ That’s ridiculous, said Marlee Kanosh, whose brother Corey Kanosh was shot to death Oct. 15, 2012, after a car chase and alleged struggle with sheriff’s deputies near the Kanosh Paiute Indian Reservation.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 16:19:46 +0000
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