Brandi Denison is an assistant professor of religious studies in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of North Florida.¿

Brandi Denison is an assistant professor of religious studies in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of North Florida. 

List of Illustrations    
List of Maps    
Acknowledgments    
Introduction: Religion, Memory, and the American West    
1. Plowing for Providence: Nathan Meeker’s Folly    
2. Of Outrageous Treatment: Sexual Purity, Empire, and Land    
3. She-towitch and Chipeta: Remembering the “Good” Indian    
4. Abstracting Ute Land Religion: Fiction and Anthropology on the Reservation    
5. Remembering Removal: Enacting Religion and Memorializing the Land    
6. The Limits of Reconciliation: Ute Land Religion, Hunting Rights, and the Smoking River Powwow    
Conclusion: The Burden of Dirt and the Politics of Memory    
Notes    
Bibliography    
Index