Great Basin Indians

An Encyclopedic History

Michael Hittman

• Verlag: University of Nevada Press
• Jahr: 2013
• ISBN:
  9780874179101
• Thema: Ciencias sociales
• Thema: Sociología

The Native American inhabitants of North America's Great Basin have a long, eventful history and rich cultures. Great Basin Indians: An Encyclopedic History covers all aspects of their world. The book is organized in an encyclopedic format to allow full discussion of many diverse topics, including geography, religion, significant individuals, the impact of Euro-American settlement, wars, tribes and intertribal relations, reservations, federal policies regarding Native Americans, scholarly theories regarding their prehistory, and others. Author Michael Hittman employs a vast range of archival and secondary sources as well as interviews, and he addresses the fruits of such recent methodologies as DNA analysis and gender studies that offer new insights into the lives and history of these enduring inhabitants of one of North America's most challenging environments. Great Basin Indians is an essential resource for any reader interested in the Native peoples of the American West and in western history in general.

INDEX

Note: Italicized pages refer to maps. Bold pages refer to encyclopedic entries.

abalone shells, 321, 322

accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS), 3, 67, 298

Access Fund, 281

acculturation: anthropological studies, 10–11; Ghost Dance of 1890 and, 134

Acorn Complex, 43–44, 375

actors, 4

Adams, Alva, 103

Adovasio, James, 66, 68, 126

Adox, J. D., 239

“aerophones,” 183–84

“Affiliated Ute Citizens,” 315

Agaidokado, 193

agreements: Brunot Agreement (1872), 79–80; Brunot Agreement (1873), 80–81; Indian Claims Commission Act and, 95; Kanosh and, 158; origin and legality of, 28. See also specific agreements

Aikens, C. Melvin, 125

aikup, 209

Alencaster, Joaquin de Real, 16

All-American Man (rock figure), 268

“Allen Canyon Ute,” 239

allotments, 44–49; 1880 Treaty/Agreement with the Confederated Bands of Ute, 342; 1891 Treaty/Agreement with the Arapaho and Shoshone, 344; examples, 45–49; Ignacio and the Southern Ute, 150–51; provisions and consequences of, 44–45; Red Cap's protest, 245; Smoky Valley Shoshone, 351; Spanish Forks Treaty and, 334; termination and, 49

Allred, Major James, 93

“alpine villages,” 49–50, 386–87

Alta Toquima, 48–50

alternative energy resources, 33, 89

Altman, Henry, 276

Always Ready, 336

Ama-qui-em, 61

American Fur Company, 372

American hegemony period: emigrant trains, 21–24; federal policies, 28–32; fur trappers and explorers, 18–21; Mormons and ’Mericats, 24–26; reservations, treaties, and agreements, 26–28

American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame, 154, 155

American Indian Capital Conference on Poverty (1964), 318

“American Indian Conference” (1961), 317

American Indian Hall of Fame, 169

American Indian Movement, 188, 293

American Indian Religious Freedom Act, 104, 276

Ammon, 365

AMS (accelerator mass spectrometry), 3, 67, 298

Anasazi, 50–52, 86, 322, 323

Ancatash, 327

Aneth Oil Field, 89

Ang, 379

angake atega, 161

animal tales, 184, 208, 360

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