Contested Sacredness: The Struggle for Bears Ears
Southern Utah and the Four Corners region is home to five Tribal nations, united by shared experiences of settler colonialism and a tie to the landscapes of Bears Ears National Monument. After years of Tribal advocacy to protect the site, President Obama designated the monument under the Antiquities...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2022
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| In: |
Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 90, Issue: 4, Pages: 836-859 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bears Ears National Monument
/ Sanctuary
/ Indians
/ Nature religion
/ Mormon Church
/ Environmental protection
/ Indian policy
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AF Geography of religion AG Religious life; material religion BB Indigenous religions CB Christian life; spirituality CH Christianity and Society KBQ North America KDH Christian sects NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics ZB Sociology ZC Politics in general |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | Southern Utah and the Four Corners region is home to five Tribal nations, united by shared experiences of settler colonialism and a tie to the landscapes of Bears Ears National Monument. After years of Tribal advocacy to protect the site, President Obama designated the monument under the Antiquities Act in December 2016. A year later, President Trump reduced the 1.35-million-acre national monument by 85 percent to make way for uranium mining, officially sanctifying state control and natural resource extraction. Protests and lawsuits ensued. The legal status of Bears Ears continues to be contested. Religious freedom, capitalism, nationalism, environmental protection, and tourism have coalesced at the site in an example of the production, shift, and conflict of spatial relations. By mapping the constellation of spaces produced by the stakeholders, this article argues that a spatial lens points to moments of overlap and resolution as the case moves forward. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4585 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: American Academy of Religion, Journal of the American Academy of Religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jaarel/lfad033 |
