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‘American Primeval’: How Did Brigham Young Die?
Netflix‘s new western series American Primeval is set in 1857 Utah Territory, a time and place defined by outbursts of violence over the future of the area. Indigenous peoples like the Shoshone ...
Brigham Young and violence: ‘Suffer wrong not do wrong’
Fundamentally, Brigham Young was a man of peace; if his tongue occasionally slipped, his actions did not, writes Latter-day ...
The real massacre was ‘so much more brutal’ — ‘American Primeval’ and the truth about Mountain Meadows
In a "Mormon Land" podcast, a historian and a tribal leader discuss the facts and fiction in "American Primeval" ...
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The Mountain Meadows Massacre
The Mormon War The massacre came about in the context of a rising conflict between Mormon leader Brigham Young and the federal government. When the Mormons had first arrived in the Salt Lake area ...
‘American Primeval’ Director Peter Berg on Finale Deaths, the Prequel Spinoff He’s Considering and ‘Friday Night Lights’ Reboot
Berg also responds to criticisms of the representation of Mormon church leader Brigham Young and the line he wouldn’t cross when it came to violence depicted in the events surrounding the Mountain ...