Honorary Doctorate Degree: Darren B. Parry

Darren B. Parry is a storyteller, teacher and the former Chairman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation. He is the author of The Bear River Massacre: A Shoshone History and previously taught Native American history at Utah State University. Parry currently serves and has served on numerous boards, including PBS Utah, Utah Humanities, the Allen and Alice Stokes Nature Center, and the American West Heritage Center.
In 2018, Parry began fundraising efforts for the Northwestern Band to purchase and restore land at the site of the Bear River Massacre, one of the deadliest massacres of Native people in U.S. history. Parry is also the driving force behind fundraising for the Boa Ogoi Cultural Interpretive Center to be built adjacent to the site of the massacre. His great-great-great-grandfather, Sagwitch Timbimboo, was the chief of the band at the time and escaped as the horrific events unfolded.
Parry frequently lectures on Native American issues surrounding history and Indigenous views related to sustainability. He currently teaches full-time in the environmental humanities program at the University of Utah. In 2017 he was a recipient of the Esto Pepetua Award from the Idaho State Historical Society, honoring his efforts in preserving and promoting the history of Idaho.
Parry attended the University of Utah and Weber State University, receiving a bachelor of science in physical education from the later. His passions in life are his wife, Melody, seven children, 17 grandchildren, and his Tribal family. His goal is to make sure those who have gone before him are not forgotten.
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