{"product_id":"only-connect-ute-indianselkhead-homesteaders-creating-and-sustaining-community-9781735122502","title":"Only Connect Ute Indians\/Elkhead Homesteaders: Creating and Sustaining Community","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo Cultures - One Land \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOnly Connect\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of Yamparika Ute Indians and later, homesteaders and teachers, in Bears Ears Country or Elkhead, Colorado. With a micro-historical approach, the book chronicles forced removal, suffering, dislocation and loss, as well as courage, achievement and resilience. The author weaves together first-person accounts, interviews, letters and diaries with grounded knowledge of place to bring to light previously untold and buried history while exploring the questions: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is the sense of connection and belonging embedded in our social lives? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do communities form and what nourishes and sustains them? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do individuals come to consider the well-being of the whole and practice action for the common good? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eZars, Belle:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Belle Zars is an independent researcher and historian. She grew up in and around Hayden, Colorado, the granddaughter of local homesteaders. As a Quaker she has long been fascinated with the experience and practice of belonging in community. She holds a doctoratefrom Harvard University where she wrote her dissertation on the Elkhead School and district consolidation.","brand":"Nauwa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50863713550610,"sku":"9781735122502","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3e877dd2-bcfa-4ddd-9ce7-f36e0462cbfd.jpg?v=1737644076","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/only-connect-ute-indianselkhead-homesteaders-creating-and-sustaining-community-9781735122502","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}