"Anyone interested in Shoshone or environmental history in particular or the construction and evolution of group identity in general should read this important book."—Travis Jeffres, American Indian Quarterly
"Ecology and Ethnogenesis is an ambitious and well-researched account of Native American relationships with the environment over the long durée. Hodge carefully navigates centuries of Eastern Shoshone ethnogenesis, weaving together evidence from the archaeological record, indigenous oral traditions, and climatology alongside more traditional historical sources. As an interdisciplinary case study of one Native community’s connection to the natural world, this book will appeal to students and scholars from Native American studies, environmental history, and anthropology."—Erik Reardon, Environmental History
"Ecology and Ethnogenesis is a major contribution to environmental history, ethnohistory, and Native American history."—Suheyla Saritas, Journal of Folklore Research
“How do humans evolve as distinct ethnic groups over time and space? Adam Hodge pushes that historical question backward—centuries before Euroamerican contact—to reconstruct the roots of Shoshone ethnogenesis. His analysis of the interplay between cultures and dynamic environments is broadly conceived and deeply interdisciplinary. A masterful methodological approach.”—David Rich Lewis, emeritus professor of history at Utah State University
“This is a wide-ranging, methodologically vigorous, and wonderfully multifaceted study of the Eastern Shoshone Indians who have been consigned to the margins of American history for far too long. Here the Eastern Shoshones emerge as creative and superbly adaptive people who have for centuries drawn power—economic, political, and spiritual—from land that sustains them in ways that are both profound and surprising. Adam Hodge illuminates those dynamics with skill and verve.”—Pekka Hämäläinen, author of The Comanche Empire
“Adam Hodge reaches back and disrupts the concept of ‘pre’ history through an environmental focus on Shoshone history. This is a major contribution to the fields of Native history, environmental history, Western/borderlands history, and Indigenous studies. Hodge demonstrates a commanding understanding of historiography, and his focused approach further connects this overlooked region and culture with neighboring histories among the Ute, Comanche, Diné, and Paiute Nations.”—Natale A. Zappia, Nadine Austin Wood Chair of American History at Whittier College
