My people knew this water healed, 
The medicine within, to them was real, 
The plants and herbs along its banks, 
Were gathered from its sacred place, 
Healing spirits and wounds, said Grandma Mae,
The water and land of Great Salt Lake.

Darren Parry is the former chairman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation. He grew up hearing oral stories about the importance of Great Salt Lake from his grandmother Mae Timbimboo Parry.