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    In the writing piece written by Philip Deloria, titled “Polarized Tribes: Colorado, Wyoming and Montana,” the author argues that those three states are very dissimilar when comparing them to their other state counterparts. With the imagination and identity that surrounds these three areas, I argue, even though Philip Deloria states that those places are quite different from the other states in the western region, that they are not all that contrasting when examining the other states and their specific

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    enjoy and participate in. Like the social pressures and the area you grew up and I interviewed three people first ben he grew up in the cash valley Logan area in Utah then Jason hale grew up in the Ogden area and then jess grew up in Oklahoma , Kentucky Germany , Kansas then Logan Utah. Ben who was born and raised in the cash valley, Logan Utah area Ben said that he mainly played soccer and a bit of batting and he often hiked and biked as a child because there were many trails around. And as he got older

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    long-standing discussion of where to move them to, because it was recently discovered that the land under the Ute Reservation was rich in minerals that could be used for infrastructural development. Ultimately, they decided to move the Utes to eastern Utah, on land that was significantly less fertile and abundant as the lands they once held in

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    first went to boarding schools in 1860 to transform their culture into the white culture. The Indians felt threatened, because they were being pushed out of their territories from the miners’ trails and Mormons that had begun settling in Northern Utah. As a result of this conflict, a massacre took place which led to major changes in settlement of the Cache Valley territory. Reformers, Herbet Welsh and Henry Pancoast wanted to civilize the Indians’ tradition. These reformers’ goal was to “assimilate”

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    was a beautiful and chilly Sunday morning in Orem Utah. Quiet and piece was surrounding our apartment complex. The thick shadows of the tall pine trees were covering the terrace screens. Our doors were open to clear out the heavy smell of burned bacon still sizzling on the stove. It was that morning, which in a split second, me and my wife took the spontaneous decision that we are going on a trip. It is a torturous seventeen hours flight from Utah to Eastern Europe. Arriving at the Salt Lake City

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    Who are the Mormons? The Mormons are a religious group, who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint. The Mormons were founded on April 6, 1830 by Joseph Smith, in Fayette, New York. In 1852, polygamy was made legal. Polygamy is when a male marries multiple women and they all live in one house. The male must be able to support all their children and his wives. Joseph Smith had many of wifes. The youngest wife Joseph Smith had married was a 14-year-old girl named Helen Mar Kimball

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    I will be reviewing Edward Abbey’s memoir during his time spent in southern Utah. In his book, Desert Solitaire, Abbey illustrates how the Arches National Monument evolves throughout time and including the time he spends there working as a park ranger and observing the change throughout his adventures. The two thematic concepts I will be incorporating onto his memoir are the urbanization and development lenses. Throughout his memoir, Abbey ties in many thematic concepts to each other, but only addressing

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    Brigham Young University Brigham Young University, which was founded in 1875, is a church-affiliated college located in Provo, Utah. Brigham Young University, commonly referred to as BYU, strives to offer academically challenging science and liberal arts degrees while cultivating a faith-based environment. Brigham Young University is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). In this academically rigorous and spiritually centered setting, students experience intensive

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    Mormon Baptism

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    however, is not Jews but Catholics. The Catholic Church, a well-organized religious body if ever there was one, sent notice to all local parish churches that no genealogical information about its members was to be shared with the Genealogical Society in Utah, the informational branch of the LDS church dealing with such matters. The question of posthumous baptism is not the only such issue, according to the article. Popes have been married in the afterlife by Mormons, against the celibacy imposed within

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    Religions continually rise up and fall away. Mormonism is a recently developed religion that started in the 1820s. Founded by Joseph Smith while living in New York State Mormonism has had many struggles due to its radical beliefs that went against orthodox Christianity which at that time was invigorated with righteous passion. Mormonism was founded while Joseph Smith lived in Palmyra, NY. Before he lived in Palmyra, he lived in Sharon, Vermont, the place of his birth. He was born on December 23,

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