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English
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"The gospel of Jesus has not always been good news for Native Americans. But despite the far-reaching effects of colonialism, some Natives have forged culturally authentic ways to follow Jesus. In his final work, Richard Twiss surveys the complicated history of Christian missions among Indigenous peoples and voices a hopeful vision of contextual Native Christian faith"--Provided by publisher.
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University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
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English
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Fusing myriad primary and secondary sources, historian Larry Cebula offers a compelling master narrative of the impact of Christianity on the Columbian Plateau peoples in the Pacific Northwest from 1700 to 1850. For the Native peoples of the Columbian Plateau, the arrival of whites was understood primarily as a spiritual event, calling for religious explanations. Between 1700 and 1806, Native peoples of the Columbian Plateau experienced the presence...
6) Black Robe
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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In the rugged 17th century Canadian wilderness, Father Laforgue, a young and idealistic Jesuit priest, is assigned to go up river into the wilderness on a perilous journey to convert the Huron Indians. His Algonquin Indian guides nickname him "Black Robe." His young aide and translator, Daniel, falls in love with Annuka, the beautiful daughter of the Algonquin chief. Torn between his own desires and ideals of the priesthood, Laforgue's faith is tested...
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Fulcrum Pub
Pub. Date
[2006]
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English
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In 1884, the sister of Ursuline Order left their Toledo home for the plains and mountains of Montana with well-intentioned hopes of bringing Native Americans into their religion. Drawing on journals, letters, and other archival material, Lady Blackrobes shares their engrossing story of determination in the face of great hardship while providing an honest look at the negative impact of missionaries on native culture.
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University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
[1996]
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English
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This richly detailed, well-documented history describes the life of the Squaxin spiritual leader John Slocum and the growth in the Pacific Northwest of his Indian Shaker Church (not to be confused with eastern Shakerism). Students of Native American religion and Christianity will find this a moving story both of assimilation and of the curing that is the Shaker Church's reason for being. The Indian Shaker movement began in 1882 when the charismatic...
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Oregon State University Press
Pub. Date
[1996]
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English
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This is the second and concluding volume in Stern's acclaimed study of the relationships between Plateau Indians and the white fur traders, missionaries, and settlers who entered their world.
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Progressive Print. Co
Pub. Date
[©1932]
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English
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The Right Rev. Lemuel H. Wells was a Missionary Bishop of Spokane. This hardcover book, c1931, 157 pages is his life story. He was b. in Yonkers, NY in 1841 son of Horace D. Wells and Mary Barker Wells. He prepared for ministry at Berkeley Divinity School & was ordained a Deacon in 1869. After graduation from Berkeley, Wells m. Elizabeth Folge. The marriage was short-lived, as Elizabeth died following a year spent in Europe. Wells, a newly ordained...
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Yale Western Americana volume 11
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
1966.
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English
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