Hawaiian Mormons in the Utah Desert: The Negotiation of Identity at Iosepa
Author(s): Benjamin C. Pykles
Year: 2018
Summary
From 1889 to 1917 Pacific Islander (mostly Hawaiian) converts to Mormonism lived, worked, and worshipped at Iosepa – a remote desert settlement in Utah’s Skull Valley. An examination of the settlement’s design and layout, together with an analysis of petroglyphs at the site, reveal ways this religious community actively negotiated traditional Hawaiian cultural practices and newly adopted Mormon beliefs in shaping and maintaining their unique religious identities – a process that continues among their descendants today.
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Hawaiian Mormons in the Utah Desert: The Negotiation of Identity at Iosepa. Benjamin C. Pykles. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2018 ( tDAR id: 441773)
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Keywords
General
Identity
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Mormonism
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Religion
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
Turn of the Twentieth Century (late 1800s – early 1900s)
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 740