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Ute land religion in the American West, 1879-2009 /

"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

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Denison, Brandi (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Lincoln] : Co-published by the University of Nebraska Press and American Philosophical Society, [2017]
Colección:New visions in Native American and indigenous studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.