University Press of Colorado, 2000 Paper: 978-0-87081-647-5 | Cloth: 978-0-87081-571-3 | eISBN: 978-1-60732-116-3 Library of Congress Classification E99.U8S55 2000 Dewey Decimal Classification 979.0049745
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Using government documents, archives, and local histories, Simmons has painstakingly separated the often repeated and often incorrect hearsay from more accurate accounts of the Ute Indians.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Virginia McConnell Simmons is the author of The Ute Indians of Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico (UPC) and The San Luis Valley: Land of the Six-Armed Cross (UPC)., as well as hundreds of articles for journals, magazines, and newspapers.
REVIEWS
"Simmons movingly and accurately relates this human tragedy [of modern Ute history] even into the cultural revitalization movements of recent times."
—Choice
"This book is highly recommended for anyone interested in the Utes, their historic homeland, and the regional history of Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico."
—Colonial Latin American Historical Review
"Sure to become a standard reference."
—New Mexico Magazine
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Preface
Acknowledgments
1
Mother Earth, Father Sky
2
The Núu-ci
3
The Coming of the White Man (1598–1821)
4
Trappers, Traders, and Transition (1810–1846)
5
On a Collision Course (1846–1858)
6
Sherman's Solution: Freeze and Starve (1859–1867)
7
Attempts to Create Reservations (1868–1874)
8
Beating Plowshares into Swords (1875–1881)
9
The Unraveling Begins (1882–1895)
10
Disorder and Chaos (1896–1915)
11
From the Ashes: Today's Ute Indians
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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