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As If the Land Owned Us: An Ethnohistory of the White Mesa Utes
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As If the Land Owned Us: An Ethnohistory of the White Mesa Utes Paperback - 2011

by Robert S. McPherson


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The Ute people of White Mesa have a long, colorful, but neglected history in the Four Corners region. Although they ranged into the Great Basin, Southwest, and parts of the Rocky Mountains as hunters, gatherers, and warriors, southeastern Utah was home. There they adapted culturally and physically to the austere environment while participating in many of the well-known events of their times.

In As If the Land Owned Us, Robert McPherson has gathered the wisdom of White Mesa elders as they imparted knowledge about their land--place names, uses, teachings, and historic events tied to specific sites--providing a fresh insight into the lives of these little-known people. While there have been few published studies about the Southern Utes, this ethnohistory is the first to mix cultural and historic events. The book illustrates the life and times of the White Mesa Utes as they faced multiple changes to their lifeways. It is time for their history to be told in their terms.

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  • Title As If the Land Owned Us: An Ethnohistory of the White Mesa Utes
  • Author Robert S. McPherson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 448
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Utah Press
  • Date 2011-09
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9781607811459 / 1607811456
  • Weight 2.7 lbs (1.22 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.9 x 8 x 0.9 in (27.69 x 20.32 x 2.29 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Aboriginal/Native Studies
  • Library of Congress subjects Ute Indians - Utah - White Mesa - History, Ute Indians - Land tenure - Utah - White Mesa
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011018202
  • Dewey Decimal Code 979.004

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About the author

Robert S. McPherson is an associate professor at the College of Eastern Utah-San Juan Campus in Blanding, Utah, as well as an adjunct professor at the University of Utah. He is the author of a number of books on the history and cultures of the Four Corners region, including Comb Ridge and Its People: The Ethnohistory of a Rock, winner of the 2009 Utah Book Award for nonfiction.

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