1. Goshute Tribe

2. Key Terms Wikiups Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation
Skull Valley Band of Goshute
Numic Language
Dance Culture
Nomadic Herdsman
Hunter Gatherers

3. Hunter Gatherers
A civilization that exists by hunting or fishing for meat and gathering berries or roots for food

4. Nomadic Herdsman Nomadic herdsmen have 3 traits Chukchi Migration
Mobile homes, easy to move
Hunter gatherers
Move around a lot
Chukchi Migration

5. Numic Language The Goshute speak the same language as the Shoshoni
We’ve learned about this before, why do tribes share languages if they are separate civilizations?
Uto-Aztecan
If you care about that sort of thing

6. Dance Culture
Dances are a form of expression, not all dancing is for religious purposes
Some are just for celebration, prayer, thanks, mythology, etc.
Dancing is very beautiful and purposeful
Men's Fancy Dance

7. Goshute Living Conditions

8. Wikiups

9. Culture
Adaptable
Very mobile, to combat the harsh environment, they went where the food was
Relatively peaceful, when you have to fight so hard to survive it’s difficult to worry about expansion
“Discovered” Jedediah Smith, first written description of the Goshutes

10. White European Contact
Continually raided by Navajo and Ute, mostly for slaves
Mormons settle the Tooele area in 1855
Livestock bring problems
Eat Grass
Drink Water
The livestock threaten the Goshute way of life more than encroaching settlers