As if the land owned us: an ethnohistory of the White Mesa Utes

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.