| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 304 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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New visions in Native American and Indigenous studies |
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New visions in Native American and indigenous studies.
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| Contents |
Introduction: "Where it was; where it happened": religion, memory, and the American West -- Plowing for providence: Nathan Meeker's folly -- Of outrageous treatment: sexual purity, empire, and land -- She-towitch and Chipeta: remembering the "good" Indian -- Abstracting Ute land religion: fiction and anthropology on the reservation -- Remembering removal: enacting religion and memorializing the land -- The limits of reconciliation: Ute land religion, hunting rights, and the Smoking River Powwow -- Conclusion: the burden of dirt: the politics of memory and ownership |
| Summary |
"A regional history of contact between Utes and white settlers, from 1879-2009, that examines the production of an idealized American religion in the American West through the intersection of religion, land, and cultural memory."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ute Indians -- Religion.
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Ute Indians -- History
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Ute Indians -- Land tenure.
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White people -- Relations with Indians
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Native American Studies.
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Ute Indians
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Ute Indians -- Land tenure
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Ute Indians -- Religion
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White people -- Relations with Indians
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781496201393 |
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1496201396 |
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9781496201416 |
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1496201418 |
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