The Bear River Massacre with Darren Parry | “History Is Only Written by the Victors”

Jan 26, 2023 · 1h 7m 30s
The Bear River Massacre with Darren Parry | “History Is Only Written by the Victors”
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In this episode we had this opportunity to sit down with Darren Parry, the former chairman chief of the North Western Shoshone tribe, which has about 550 members or so....

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In this episode we had this opportunity to sit down with Darren Parry, the former chairman chief of the North Western Shoshone tribe, which has about 550 members or so. He shared with us a story that was both tragic and hopeful at the same time about the Bear River Massacre, which is a powerful story. Brigham Young and the Latter-Day Saint movement led many people to Western North America where the Shoshones helped them with foraging and many other necessary survival skills. All was well until resources started becoming more scarce, which led to more and more discontent between the Indians and the settlers.

  • What former chairman means 1:20
  • How large the tribe is today 6:00
  • Setting the groundwork for this story 10:32
  • Complaining about the Indians and arrest warrants for the chiefs, and the massacre 17:15
  • Darren’s grandparents and passing down the story 29:00
  • Our relationship with Mother Earth 39:29
  • Restoring the natural state of things 42:08
  • Telling the Shoshone story and the story of the land 46:34
  • Let’s not turn this into a “You owe me” type thing, but see the positives 56:50
  • Reach out to Darren 61:19
“What may have started as a battle, and when I think of a battle in my mind, I think of two equal groups, fighting it out, and what may have started equal after 10-15 minutes, quickly turned into indiscriminate killing of men, women, and children. My grandmother told me many times that our people were being slaughtered like wild rabbits. Men, women, and children were being butchered left and right.” 24:05


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