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Episode 27: Fire in the Dry Grass

Darren Parry is the Tribal Council Chair of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Tribe. Scott Christensen is an author and historian with the Church History Department. In this episode we learn about the tragedy of the Bear River Massacre. Chairman Parry also recounts the miraculous conversion story of the Northern Band of the Shoshone tribe and their consecrated effort in helping to build and perform proxy ordinances in the Logan Utah Temple.

Additional Resources

Chapter Discussed in This Episode:

• Chapter 27: Fire in the Dry Grass

Associated Church History Topics:

• Antipolygamy Legislation

• American Indians

• Church Periodicals

• George Q. Cannon

• Hawaiʻi

• Jonathan Napela

• Sagwitch

• Thomas L. and Elizabeth Kane

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