Modern Daughters and the Outlaw West by Melissa Kwasny

In Emeryville, a raucous mining town where the living and dead inhabit each others' dreams and lives, the balances of communities and the land are fragile. When a group of strong-willed lesbians-feminists, artists, barkeepers, single mothers - find themselves attacked by hunters, fundamentalist crusaders and highway construction men with bulldozers, they call on time-tested traditions of women's spirituality and culture for help.