petroglyphs returned shoshone utah.

A rock covered with petroglyphs created centuries ago by the ancestors of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation is back home in the mountains of Utah. The yearslong repatriation effort culminated earlier this month with the sacred rock being airlifted back to its original location. For the past 80 years, it had been sitting outside a church meetinghouse in Tremonton, about 80 miles north of Salt Lake City. The tribe partnered with the state and historians working on behalf of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to carefully clean and transport the rock. A tribal official said the emotional return helps to rebuild the tribe’s history.