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Desert
Smorgasbord: Class Focuses on Native-American Dishes
If you drive
west from Salt Lake City toward Wendover on I-80 and then head south
to Skull Valley, you'll pass through some harsh, barren-looking country.
For hundreds of years, this area has been home to the Goshute Indians,
some of whom still live on the Skull Valley Indian Reservation.
"To
them, it wasn't a desert, it was a smorgasbord," said Virgil Johnson,
a Granger High School history teacher and member of the Goshute tribe.
"The Native American people lived off the land. They used what was
available to survive. The Creator took care of them, and because of that,
many of the Native Americans are hooked to the earth and to nature."
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Woman,
Children Maintain Dancing Legacy
The
gift of an intricately beaded dress kept Cora Chandler dancing.
Growing
up on the Fort Belknap Reservation, Chandler began American Indian dancing
with she was 4.
Cora
and her family would attend powwows with her grandfather, George Chandler
Sr. The elder Chandler, a veteran of World War II, served on powwow color
guards, requiring him to attend the entire celebration from presentation
to retiring of the colors.
Cora
learned to dance because she saw how proud her grandfather was of her.
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