{"product_id":"ute-land-religion-in-the-american-west-18792009-9780803276741","title":"Ute Land Religion in the American West 18792009","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUte Land Religion in the American West, 1879–2009\u003c\/i\u003e is a narrative of American religion and how it intersected with land in the American West. Prior to 1881, Utes lived on the largest reservation in North America—twelve million acres of western Colorado. Brandi Denisontakes a broad look at the Ute land dispossession and resistance to disenfranchisementbytracing the shifting cultural meaning of \u003ci\u003edirt\u003c\/i\u003e, a physical thing, into \u003ci\u003eland\u003c\/i\u003e, an abstract idea. This shift was made possible through the development and deployment of an idealized American religion based on Enlightenment ideals of individualism, Victorian sensibilities about the female body, and an emerging respect for diversity and commitment to religious pluralism that was wholly dependent on a separation of economics from religion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As the narrative unfolds, Denison shows how Utes and their Anglo-American allies worked together to systematize a religion out of existing ceremonial practi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A welcome edition to the library of anyone interested in the history of the Ute.\"—Curtis Martin, \u003ci\u003eSouthwestern Lore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Beautifully written, clear, and compelling. [This book] is grounded on a solid understanding of history, while also providing insightful interpretation and theoretical nuance.”—Suzanne Crawford O’Brien, professor of religion and culture at Pacific Lutheran University and author of \u003ci\u003eComing Full Circle: Spirituality and Wellness among Native Communities in the Pacific Northwest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“This terrific book shows how white settlers in Colorado used the construct of ‘Ute Land Religion’ to justify their appropriation of Native land, how Ute people both resisted and participated in that invention, and how the category of religion has functioned in the making and remaking of the American West.”—Tisa Wenger, author of \u003ci\u003eWe Have a Religion: The 1920s Pueblo Indian Dance Controversy and American Religious Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations    \u003cbr\u003e List of Maps    \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments    \u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Religion, Memory, and the American West    \u003cbr\u003e 1. Plowing for Providence: Nathan Meeker’s Folly    \u003cbr\u003e 2. Of Outrageous Treatment: Sexual Purity, Empire, and Land    \u003cbr\u003e 3. She-towitch and Chipeta: Remembering the “Good” Indian    \u003cbr\u003e 4. Abstracting Ute Land Religion: Fiction and Anthropology on the Reservation    \u003cbr\u003e 5. Remembering Removal: Enacting Religion and Memorializing the Land    \u003cbr\u003e 6. The Limits of Reconciliation: Ute Land Religion, Hunting Rights, and the Smoking River Powwow    \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The Burden of Dirt and the Politics of Memory    \u003cbr\u003e Notes    \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography    \u003cbr\u003e Index    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405275537751,"sku":"9780803276741","price":48.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803276741.jpg?v=1730489392","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ute-land-religion-in-the-american-west-18792009-9780803276741","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}