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Autore |
Holt Ronald L. <1949-> |
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Titolo |
Beneath these red cliffs : an ethnohistory of the Utah Paiutes / / Ronald L. Holt ; forewords by Floyd O'Neil and Lora Tom |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Logan, UT, : Utah State University Press, c2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-07802-3 |
9786613078025 |
0-87421-542-0 |
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Edizione |
[New and updated ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (222 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Paiute Indians - History |
Paiute Indians - Government relations |
Paiute Indians - Social conditions |
Mormons - History |
Mormons - Social conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-186) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Illustrations; Tables; Foreword; Foreword to the New Edit; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Update, 2005; 1. Occupation and Dependency; 2. From Neglect to Lethargy: The Trust Betrayed; 3. The Agony of Termination; 4. The Forgotten Tribe; 5. Restoration and Reservation; 6. Beyond the BIA: The Paiute Future; Appendix: Methods and Sources; Notes; References Cited |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Ronald Holt recounts the survival of a people against all odds. A compound of rapid white settlement of the most productive Southern Paiute homelands, especially their farmlands near tributaries of the Colorado River; conversion by and labor for the Mormon settlers; and government neglect placed the Utah Paiutes in a state of dependency that ironically culminated in the 1957 termination of their status as federally recognized Indians. That recognition and attendant services were not restored until 1980, in an act that revived the Paiutes' identity, self-government, land ownership, and sense of |
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