Editing Utah (section)

===Pre-Columbian===
{{see also|Native Americans in Utah}}
[[File:California1838.jpg|thumb|Map showing Utah in 1838 when it was part of Mexico, ''Britannica'' 7th edition]]

Thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans, the [[Ancestral Puebloans]] and the [[Fremont culture|Fremont]] people lived in what is now known as Utah, some of which spoke languages of the [[Uto-Aztecan]] group. Ancestral Pueblo peoples built their homes through [[excavation (archaeology)|excavations]] in mountains, and the Fremont people built houses of straw before disappearing from the region around the 15th century.

Another group of Native Americans, the [[Navajo people|Navajo]], settled in the region around the 18th century. In the mid-18th century, other Uto-Aztecan tribes, including the [[Goshute]], the [[Southern Paiute|Paiute]], the [[Shoshone]], and the Ute people, also settled in the region. These five groups were present when the first European explorers arrived.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/american_indians/nativeamericansinutah.html|title=Native Americans in Utah|website=historytogo.utah.gov|access-date=July 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625180359/http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/american_indians/nativeamericansinutah.html|archive-date=June 25, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ilovehistory.utah.gov/people/first_peoples/tribes/|title=Utah's American Indians|website=ilovehistory.utah.gov|language=en|access-date=July 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625190631/http://ilovehistory.utah.gov/people/first_peoples/tribes/|archive-date=June 25, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>