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LOGAN, Utah (AP) -- Signs are in place to tell the story of nearly 350 Northwestern Shoshone Indians who were killed along the Bear River in Idaho in 1863.
The signs on a bluff above the Idaho valley where the massacre occurred describe conflicts with Mormon settlers and the federal government.
"We hope this puts the massacre in the right context in local and national history," said Sadi Murdock, owner and art director of Sadi Advertising in Logan, who worked on the project. "It is kind of exciting to see something happen out there finally. It is a good thing for the whole Cache Valley -- Utah and Idaho."
The Idaho Transportation Department paid for the signs, which are near U.S. 91, just north of the Utah-Idaho border.
Patty Timbimboo-Madsen, cultural-resource manager of the Northwestern Band of Shoshone Nation, hopes the site can be turned into a memorial park where people can gather each year on Jan. 29.
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