Rupert Steele, Goshute leader who fought to protect tribal land, culture, dies at 69

Steele long advocated for tribal land and water rights — and to prevent cultural erasure.

(Lennie Mahler | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rupert Steele, Chairman of the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Indian Reservation, speaks during the opening plenary at the 2015 Parliament of the World's Religions held inside the Salt Palace Convention Center on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, in Salt Lake City.

Rupert Steele, Goshute leader who fought to protect tribal land, culture, dies at 69

Steele long advocated for tribal land and water rights — and to prevent cultural erasure.

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