Only Connect Ute Indians/Elkhead Homesteaders: Creating and Sustaining Community

Two Cultures - One Land Only Connect 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: What is the sense of connection and belonging embedded in our social lives? How do communities form and what nourishes and sustains them? How do individuals come to consider the well-being of the whole and practice action for the common good?