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Book SynopsisShows how Ute women accommodated Anglo ways that benefited them but refused to give up indigenous culture and ways that gave their lives meaning and bolstered personal autonomy.
Trade Review“[
Southern Ute Women] makes a useful contribution to the growing body of scholarship on Native American women.”—Sara H. Hill,
American Historical Review“Historians of American Indians have devoted insufficient attention to the distinctive experiences of Native American women, although in recent years a number of scholars have made strides in reversing that trend. With Southern Ute Women, Katherine Osburn helps redress this gap in the historiography. . . . A thoughtful, incisive, and well-written monograph that does much to further our understanding of the dynamic lives of Native American women in the allotment era.”— Steve Amerman,
Western Historical Quarterly“A well-researched, clearly written account that adds to our understanding of the power dynamic between a dominating federal government and a subordinate, but not completely coerced, reservation population.”— Sherry L. Smith,
Agricultural HistoryTable of ContentsMapsTablesAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroductionCHAPTER ONE - The People of the Shining MountainsCHAPTER TWO - Women and Public LeadershipCHAPTER THREE - Women and EconomicsCHAPTER FOUR - HomemakingCHAPTER FIVE - Sex and MarriageConclusionNotesSelected BibliographyIndex
