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Author: W. Paul Reeve
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0252031261
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
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Making Space on the Western Frontier:: Mormons, Miners, and Southern Paiutes

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. Search and download computer ebooks Making Space on the Western Frontier:: Mormons, Miners, and Southern Paiutes for free.
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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 intervened in an effort to shore up Nevada's mining frontier, while simultaneously addressing both the "Mormon Question" and the "Indian Problem." Even though federal officials redrew the Utah/Nevada/Arizona borders and created a reservation for the Southern Paiutes, the three groups continued to fashion th

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" Even though federal officials redrew the Utah/Nevada/Arizona borders and created a reservation for the Southern Paiutes, the three groups continued to fashion th