| Ritual Ground |
| Acknowledgments |
 | Chapter 1 Hearts and Minds |
| • | Frontiers, Alienation, and the Alien |
| • | Bent's Old Fort and the Cultural Landscape of the Southwestern Plains |
| • | Beyond History: Cultural Dynamics and the Human Past |
| • | Culture and Identity: The Formation of New Worlds |
| Chapter 2 Realms of Meaning |
| • | The World in Traditional and Modern Terms |
| • | Reconciling Traditional and Modem Realms of Meaning |
| • | The Transformation of Time |
| • | Function and Meaning |
| • | Individualism and Identity. |
| • | Ubiquitous Mechanisms in World Construction |
| • | Archaeology and Meaning |
| Chapter 3 Nostalgia for Paradise |
| • | The Sun Dance |
| • | Ethnographic Treatments of the Sun Dance |
| • | The Medium Is the Message: A Phenomenological Analysis |
| • | Change: The "Pure Products of America Go Crazy" |
| • | The Golden Age |
| Chapter 4 Castle on the Plains |
| • | New Relationships |
| • | Bent & St. Vrain Company |
| • | Position, Strategy, and Execution |
| • | Prehistoric Trade Between Pueblos and Nomadic Groups |
| • | The Proto-Historic Period |
| • | Ideology and the Europeans |
| • | The Cheyenne and Arapaho |
| • | The Native American "Wild Card" |
| • | American Entry into the Southwestern Fur Trade |
| • | Mexican Independence |
| • | Mexican Independence and Native American Relations |
| • | The Preeminence of Bent & St. Vrain Company |
| • | After the Mexican War |
| Chapter 5 Ritual Trade |
| • | Sentiment and Conquest |
| • | The Meaning of Trade Goods |
| • | Poststructuralism |
| • | An Examination of Some Representative Treatments of Trade Goods |
| • | Native American Trade Goods at Bent's Old Fort |
| Chapter 6 Bent's Old Fort as the New World |
| • | Ideology and the Establishment of Political Hegemony |
| • | Nonspoken Definitions and Redefinitions of the World |
| • | Panopticism |
| • | Industrialization and the Landscape |
| Chapter 7 Circuits of Power |
| • | Modern Ends Through Traditional Means |
| • | Extending Kinship |
| • | Kinship Ties to Native Americans |
| • | Secret Societies |
| Chapter 8 Victory and Defeat |
| • | The Demise of Bent's Old Fort |
| • | Securing New Mexico |
| • | 1849: The Gold Rush |
| • | Defending the Southwest from Confederate Invasion |
| • | Red Rebels as Red Devils: Allies to Enemies |
| • | Sand Creek |
| • | After Sand Creek: The End of Ritual |
| Epilogue Modern Ritual at Bent's Old Fort |
| • | Ideology and Ritual |
| • | Independence Day |
| • | Ritual and Interpretation |
| • | The Planning Process |
| • | Local Input to Interpretation |
| • | The Reenactments |
| • | Ritual Ground |
| Notes |
| • | Chapter 1 Hearts and Minds |
| • | Chapter 2 Realms of Meaning |
| • | Chapter 3 Nostalgia for Paradise |
| • | Chapter 4 Castle on the Plains |
| • | Chapter 5 Ritual Trade |
| • | Chapter 6 Bent's Old Fort as the New World |
| • | Chapter 7 Circuits of Power |
| • | Chapter 8 Victory and Defeat |
| • | Epilogue Modern Ritual at Bent's Old Fort |
| Index |
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