Religious Kindred, but Savage Enemies? – Becoming Brigham, Episode 32

The useful part

How did Brigham Young 's determination to never again be driven out of his home collide with Native peoples who were being pushed off the rivers and valleys of Utah? Why did a church that sent missionaries to Native Americans so early still end up building forts and fighting battles? Our hosts @BecomingBrigham visit an historic Utah fort and use it as a doorway into the complicated relationship between early Latter-day Saints and Native peoples.

How it works

• They talk about why the Saints built forts, how those sites also served as way-stations on the north–south corridor, and how the arrival of Mormon settlers disrupted Native hunting, fishing, and gathering...
• Historian John Peterson explains that the first contacts began the week the Saints entered the Salt Lake Valley in 1847, and Brigham Young saw living in "Indian country" as a chance to fulfill a Book of …