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

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"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

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Denison, Brandi (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Lincoln] : Co-published by the University of Nebraska Press and American Philosophical Society, [2017]
Series:New visions in Native American and indigenous studies.
Subjects:
Ute Indians > Religion.
Ute Indians > History.
Ute Indians > Land tenure.
White people > Relations with Indians.
Ute > Histoire.
Ute > Terres.
Personnes blanches > Relations avec les Peuples autochtones.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
Ute Indians
Ute Indians > Land tenure
Ute Indians > Religion
White people > Relations with Indians
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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