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In the Prologue I develop an overview, including a global dimension, on the phenomenon of relocation and removal. The Epilogue not only summarizes the content, explaining the major examples of relocation and removal, but also several sub-themes as well. It also has something to say about current and future happenings, especially on the topic of survival. Since, apart from the introductory material, the subject matter is organized spatially around individual case studies, the reader is cautioned about seeking a chronological narrative. Instead, the reader is encouraged to seek out those case studies of interest and read them as separate episodes. The Prologue and Epilogue attempt to develop the interrelationships and similarities between the various chapters and provide some unity.

Another forewarning, each case study has an extensive history of the pre-contact, Spanish, and Mexican worlds that created the context for the events of 1863. My focus on ceremonial rites and Indian belief systems was developed so as to illustrate the relationship between sacred landscapes and personal identity. Relocation not only removed the people from the land, but the land from the people and by so doing robbed these people of their identity.