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Author:
McPherson, Robert S., 1947-
Title:
As if the land owned us : an ethnohistory of the White Mesa Utes / Robert S. McPherson.
Publisher:
University of Utah Press,
Copyright Date:
c2011
Description:
xii, 432 p. : ill, maps ; 28 cm.
Subject:
Ute Indians--White Mesa--White Mesa--History.
Ute Indians--Land tenure--White Mesa.--White Mesa.
Ute Indians--White Mesa--White Mesa--Social conditions.
Ethnohistory--White Mesa.--White Mesa.
White Mesa (Utah)--History.
White Mesa (Utah)--Social conditions.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
White Mesa Ute Origins and Puwa-v : Creating the World, Empowering the Universe -- "It Was as If the Land Owned Us" : Ties to the Land, Resources for the People -- Daily Life in an Austere Environment: Weenuche Beliefs and Life Cycle, 1880s -- The Invasion Begins : Hispanic Entradas, American Trade, and the Mormon Mission, 1600 -- 1855 -- "Enemies Like a Road Covered with Ice" : Expanding Weenuche Dominance, 1855 -- 1870 -- Decade of Decision, 1870 -- 1880 : Losing Land, Gaining Restrictions -- Stemming the Flood, 1880 -- 1882 : Miners, Cowboys, and Settlers -- Winning the Battles, Losing the War : Military Operations and Cowboy Incursions, 1882 -- 1885 -- Agony with Little Ecstasy : Hunting, Travel, and Subsistence Curtailment, 1885 -- 1895 -- The Replevied Present : San Juan County, the Southern Utes, and What Might Have Been, 1895 -- 1900 -- "Only Bullets Talk Now" : Turmoil and Dissent in a Shrinking World, 1900 -- 1915 -- Posey and the Last White Uprising : Ending the Cycle of Violence, 1915 -- 1923 -- Avikan : Remembering the Homeland, 1923 -- 1941 -- Education, Economics, and Integration : Establishing the White Mesa Community, 1923 -- 1960 -- People and Perception : Neighbors' Views Across a Chasm, 1860 -- 1960 -- Circles, Trees, and Bears: Empowering the Weenuche Universe -- Adoption, Adaptation, and Abandonment: Changing Weenuche Religious Practices, 1900 -- 2010 -- Ironic Industries and Traditional Ties : Shifting Fortunes of the White Mesa Utes, 1950 -- 2010.
ISBN:
1607811456 (pbk.)
9781607811459 (pbk.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)720899808
LCCN:
2011018202
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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