migration
My ancestors migrated from different parts of Western Europe to settle in the Great Basin. The Indigenous inhabitants of the lands they colonized were also migratory people, but, for at least a few thousand years, their migration was cyclical rather than linear. These peoples followed the seasons of the plants and animals in order to fill their needs in the desert. My migrant ancestors colonized some of these seasonal hunting, fishing, and gathering grounds, interrupting the migratory patterns of these peoples, unsettling the structure of their lifeways.
see also: decolonization, ebb / flow, Great Basin, groundlessness, Lamanites, path, Red (Cliffs National Conservation Area), southwestern Utah, stable / settled, there / their, Ut(ah/opia)
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My ancestors migrated from different parts of Western Europe to settle in the Great Basin. The Indigenous inhabitants of the lands they colonized were also migratory people, but, for at least a few thousand years, their migration was cyclical rather than linear. These peoples followed the seasons of the plants and animals in order to fill their needs in the desert. My migrant ancestors colonized some of these seasonal hunting, fishing, and gathering grounds, interrupting the migratory patterns of these peoples, unsettling the structure of their lifeways.
see also: decolonization, ebb / flow, Great Basin, groundlessness, Lamanites, path, Red (Cliffs National Conservation Area), southwestern Utah, stable / settled, there / their, Ut(ah/opia)
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