cruciform tree, 46, 49, 60, 66, 178

culture

Mexican, 49–50, 52

native, 3, 85, 94, 109–110

Western, 108

Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 23–24, 82, 84

Death Comes for the Archbishop (Cather), 2, 9, 12, 14, 29–70, 141, 153, 163–164, 168, 175–177

desert, 19, 25–26, 35, 41, 43, 47, 49, 52–54, 59, 129, 137, 143, 158, 160, 181

destruction, 111, 146–147, 164, 166–167, 170–171, 177, 179

dialectic, 65–68, 107, 141, 164–165, 167–168, 170–171, 178–179

discourse

androcentric, 122

Euro-American, 1, 162

native, 8, 161–162, 165, 176

Protestant, 124, 127

shadow, 133, 167, 169–170

Western, 5, 7–8, 72, 87–88, 95, 123, 128, 133, 135–138, 145–146, 163–165, 180

discursive

center, 131, 142, 176, 181

community, 4

containment, 7

displacement, 40, 52

East (American), 11, 18, 21, 25

Eden, 10, 23–24, 40, 43, 74, 85–86, 89, 111–112, 176

Edge of Taos Desert: An Escape to Reality (Luhan), 2, 9, 11–12, 14, 71–113, 122, 141, 161, 163–164, 168–169, 176–178

emotion, 61, 73, 88, 116, 129, 135

empire, 32, 36, 44, 62–64, 125, 142

Euro-American, 1, 6, 9–10, 13–14, 17–18, 20, 24–26, 71–73, 83, 111–112, 114, 126, 141, 143, 153, 162–163, 176, 181–183

European, 1, 3, 9, 13, 17–18, 20–21, 23–26, 29–30, 32–37, 40–44, 46–55, 57, 62, 64–65, 67–68, 86–87, 95, 141, 144–145, 153, 180–183

evil, 15, 151–152, 164–166, 168, 170

false knowledge, 166, 170–171

feminist, 100–101, 115, 123

food (as cultural transmission), 47, 49–52, 70, 83, 107–111, 153

foundation, 1, 12, 14, 21, 26, 31, 36, 43, 53, 55–56, 63, 72, 83–84, 86, 97, 114, 130, 132, 138, 161–162, 168, 175, 177

Franklin, Sara (character), 10–11, 14, 113–144, 161–162, 164, 168, 175–176

frontier, 24–25, 88

gaze, 41–42, 72, 75, 86–88, 90–92, 95–97, 99, 111, 116, 142, 160

the good, 39, 65–66, 68, 103, 105–106, 133–137, 141–142, 164, 168, 178–179

Grants, N.M., 147, 153, 160, 169

guide, 55, 66, 103, 105, 111, 116, 128–129, 132, 134, 138, 143, 154–155, 157, 160, 165, 171, 179–181, 183

Heart of Darkness (Conrad), 44, 62