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Max Perry Mueller: Wakara’s America: The Life and Legacy of a Native Founder of the American West
A new book returns a Ute leader to his rightful role in Utah’s creation narrative.
When historian and University of Nebraska associate professor Max Perry Mueller was first contemplating titles for the book that would become Wakara’s America —a profile of the 19th-century Ute tribal leader Wakara—he initially considered Wakara Remains . It was a bit of wordplay on the idea not just of how the robbery of Wakara’s grave played a role in the story, but an indication of how much of an imprint Wakara made—how much he remains—in the place that would become Utah, considering most Utah residents have never heard of him.
“Brigham Young enters the valley 1847 and apocryphally says,…
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