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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Denison, Brandi, author.

Series:

New visions in Native American and indigenous studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ute Indians--Religion.

Ute Indians.

Ute Indians--History.

History.

Ute Indians--Land tenure.

White people--Relations with Indians.

White people.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 304 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Lincoln] : Co-published by the University of Nebraska Press and American Philosophical Society, [2017]

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780803276741

0803276745

OCLC:

962258295