transmission, 9–10, 29–30, 46–49, 53, 94, 98, 163, 177, 180

travel account, 3–4, 23, 47–49, 72, 88, 95–96, 102, 105–106, 111, 141, 177, 179

literature, 3, 13, 182

narrative, 3, 12, 27, 48, 58, 107, 115, 142, 162, 178

text, 47, 87, 121

writing, 3, 48, 83, 92, 101–102, 141, 179, 181, 183

trickster, 125–127

Tse-pi'na, 147

uranium mine, 15, 171

Urgo, Joseph, 29, 32, 36, 46, 53

Vaillant, Father Joseph (character), 9, 30–33, 36–43, 46–52, 59–61, 65, 70, 109

westering, 124

Western epistemology, 24, 92, 113, 162

westward expansion, 25

wholeness, 2, 22, 82, 109, 141, 143, 146–147, 151, 159

Yellow Woman, 159, 173

“Yellow Woman” (Silko), 152, 159