Ute Land Religion in the American West

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when studying Indigenous peoples was primarily the domain of non-Indigenous scholars

an eighty-year-old Lakota woman living in a log cabin with no running water

The Forever Sky mental health Ute Land Religion in the"Nooko's spirit is there in the stars," says Niigaanii to his younger brother, Bineshiinh, as they sprawl in a meadow, gazing skyward. "Uncle said when Nooko's spirit left this world it went there." Nooko was their grandmother, and they miss her. But Uncle helps them find comfort in the night sky, where all the stars have stories. Indeed, there are so many stars and so many stories that the boys spend night after night observing and sharing, making