Table of Contents
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