is often referred to as Ute, but this is incorrect. Ute is a blanket name for many tribes. The Shoshone have cultural and linguistic heritage as part of the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Walkara is Shoshone and his name, Walkara, means Hawk, in Shoshone.

Timpanogos Chief

Walkara was born in approximately 1808 along the Spanish Fork River in Utah. He was one of

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