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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...
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57-11627
Pub. Date
1973
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English
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No one knows how old the charming legends in this unusual book really are. By word of mouth they have been handed down from generation to generation among the Pahute Indians, one of the most ancient and primitive tribes on this continent, who settled centuries ago in what is now the state of Utah.In the main, the legends tell of the origin of all living things-which to the Indian includes the trees, the flowers and grass, the wind, the water, the...
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Tombs of terror series volume 2
Publisher
Sweetwater Books
Pub. Date
[2012], ©2012
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English
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Teens Jonathan and Severino travel to Kanosh for a vacation and end up getting involved in a plot to plunder the lost Carre Shinob mine.
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University of Illinois Press
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English
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When Mormon ranchers and Anglo-American miners moved into centuries-old Southern Paiute space during the last half of the nineteenth century, a clash of cultures quickly ensued. W. Paul Reeve explores the dynamic nature of that clash as each group attempted to create sacred space on the southern rim of the Great Basin according to three very different world views.
With a promising discovery of silver at stake, the United States Congress
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Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2013
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Unabridged
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English
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Born into the Northern Paiute tribe of Nevada in 1844, Sarah Winnemucca straddled two cultures: the traditional life of her people, and the modern ways of her grandfather's white friends. Sarah was smart and good at languages, so she was able to link the worlds. As she became older, this made her a great leader. Sarah used condemning letters, fiery speeches, and her autobiography, Life Among the Piutes, to provide detailed accounts of her people's...
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The University of Utah anthropological papers volume number 130
Publisher
The University of Utah Press
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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