As If the Land Owned Us : An Ethnohistory of the White Mesa Utes
As If the Land Owned Us : An Ethnohistory of the White Mesa Utes
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Author(s): McPherson, Robert
McPherson, Robert S.
ISBN No.: 9781607811459
Pages: 448
Year: 201109
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 58.74
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List of Maps Acknowledgments Introduction 1. White Mesa Ute Origins and Puwá-v: Creating the World, Empowering the Universe 2. "It Was as If the Land Owned Us": Ties to the Land, Resources for the People 3. Daily Life in an Austere Environment: Weenuche Beliefs and Life Cycle, 1880s 4. The Invasion Begins: Hispanic Entradas, American Trade, and the Mormon Mission, 1600-1855 5. "Enemies Like a Road Covered with Ice": Expanding Weenuche Dominance, 1855-1870 6. Decade of Decision, 1870-1880: Losing Land, Gaining Restrictions 7. Stemming the Flood, 1880-1882: Miners, Cowboys, and Settlers 8.


Winning the Battles, Losing the War: Military Operations and Cowboy Incursions, 1882-1885 9. Agony with Little Ecstasy: Hunting, Travel, and Subsistence Curtailment, 1885-1895 10. The Replevied Present: San Juan County, the Southern Utes, and What Might Have Been, 1895-1900 11. "Only Bullets Talk Now": Turmoil and Dissent in a Shrinking World, 1900-1915 12. Posey and the Last White Uprising: Ending the Cycle of Violence, 1915-1923 13. Avikan: Remembering the Homeland, 1923-1941 14. Education, Economics, and Integration: Establishing the White Mesa Community, 1923-1960 15. People and Perception: Neighbors' Views Across a Chasm, 1860-1960 16.


Circles, Trees, and Bears: Empowering the Weenuche Universe 17. Adoption, Adaptation, and Abandonment: Changing Weenuche Religious Practices, 1900-2010 18. Ironic Industries and Traditional Ties: Shifting Fortunes of the White Mesa Utes, 1950-2010 Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index.


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