performance, 15, 49, 52, 57, 82–83, 87, 96, 103, 140, 142, 152, 157, 161

periphery, 1, 89, 91, 131–132, 138, 141–142, 182

pilgrimage, 12–13

Plato, 13, 62–68, 103–107, 132, 134–137, 141, 163–164, 166–171, 178–179

platonic journey, 13

platonic quest, 13–15, 107, 163–165, 171, 178–179

postcolonial, 1, 4, 10

postmodern, 6

primitive, 21–22, 48, 74, 83, 97

progress, 9, 18, 20–22, 24, 32, 62, 71, 74–75, 82–83, 86, 88, 90, 95, 164, 168

Pueblo (natives/Indians), 10–11, 14, 18, 20–24, 34–35, 44, 55, 71–74, 81–84, 86–90, 92, 94, 96–97, 102–103, 109–110, 145–154, 156–167, 172–173, 176, 178, 180

Pueblo revolt, 34

recovery, 150–151, 161, 163–164, 183

redemption, 7, 33–34, 40, 43, 60, 62, 65, 71, 94, 162

Republic (Plato), 13, 63–67, 103–106, 132, 134–137, 166–169, 171, 179

resistance, 2, 4, 7–9, 51, 58, 113–118, 122–123, 127–128, 130, 138, 140–141, 153–154, 161

ritual, 12, 21, 34, 84, 148–149, 153–156

Roman Catholic Cardinals, 33, 42–43, 50, 63–64, 66, 115

Said, Edward, 4, 34, 44–45, 48, 94–96, 101, 181

Santa Fe, 19, 30, 34, 36, 39–40, 46, 51, 55, 71, 74–75, 78, 86, 89, 93–114, 121–122, 124, 142

Santa Fe Railroad, 89

Santa Fe Trail, 121

Santo Domingo, 74, 81–82, 87, 89, 96, 103

savage, 33, 40, 84, 88, 111, 122, 124–126, 129, 131, 133, 144, 165, 176

sensual, 66–67, 76, 80, 101, 106, 116, 119–120, 130, 160

separation, 2, 6, 15, 20, 22, 26, 72–75, 80–84, 88, 90, 92, 103, 105, 107, 109–112, 116–118, 141–143, 146–148, 151–152, 154, 161–162, 165–167, 170–172, 177, 179

Spanish, 1–2, 9, 18, 22, 35, 38, 42, 47, 89, 125, 146, 173

spirit guide, 129, 138, 179–180, 183

stereotype, 6, 10, 88

story, 3–4, 7–8, 26, 55, 59–60, 93, 114, 125–126, 131, 140, 146–149, 151–153, 156–157, 159, 161, 163–165, 167–173, 177, 183

talk back, 122, 124, 181

Taos, N.M., 20, 35, 39, 71–72, 74, 76–77, 80, 86, 94–95, 97, 102, 106, 108, 111

Taos Pueblo (native), 10, 72–73, 82, 88, 92, 94, 162

Tayo (character), 10–12, 15, 145–173, 177–183

tourist, 111–112