As artists working and creating on unceded Indigenous territories, we uplift Indigenous leadership and seek to repair past harms. We acknowledge the original stewards and inhabitants of the land known as Utah, named after the Yuta-Shoshone peoples. The land and water of this bioregion are the ancestral and contemporary territories of the Shoshone, Goshute, Ute, Paiute, and sacred to the Diné peoples. We uplift the Shoshone-Goshute names in our art, advocacy, and in this exhibition. We invite you to learn these names for Great Salt Lake and her three primary tributaries. 

Pia Apaa – Great Salt Lake

Pia Owkai – Jordan River

Oo Wga – Weber & Ogden Rivers

Wuda Ogwa – Bear River

Names and spellings are sourced from the Shoshoni Language Project, which uses the Shoshoni Dictionary and the Shoshoni Talking Dictionary. 

Learn more and donate at Wuda Ogwa, a project run by the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation to educate on historical events, restore habitats along the river, and uplift Shoshone culture.