 Map showing Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in Utah | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Utah | |
| Languages | |
| Numic language | |
| Religion | |
| Indigenous religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Shoshone people, Ute people |
The Timpanogos (Timpanog, Utahs or Utah Indians) are a tribe of Native Americans who inhabited a large part of central Utah, in particular, the area from Utah Lake east to the Uinta Mountains and south into present-day Sanpete County.
Most Timpanogos live on the Uintah Valley Reservation. They are not enrolled in the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation.
During the mid-19th century, when Mormon pioneers entered Utah territory, the Timpanogos were one of the principal tribes in the region based on population, area occupied, and influence.
Linguists have had difficulty identifying (or classifying) their language. Historically, most communication was carried out in Spanish or English, and many of their leaders spoke several dialects of the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family.
While the Timpanogos are typically classified as Ute people, they are a Shoshone band.[1][2] Other Shoshone bands occupied parts of Utah, and historian Hubert Howe Bancroft wrote in 1882 that the Timpanogos were one of four sub-bands of the Shoshone.[3] The Shoshone and Ute share a common genetic, cultural, and linguistic heritage as part of the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family.
- ^ "The Timpanogos Nation: Uinta Valley Reservation - Utah". www.timpanogostribe.com. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "HISTORY OF THE TIMPANOGOS NATION". Timpangos Nation.
- ^ Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1882). The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft. Retrieved 2011-06-07.