American Literary History, vol. 25, no. 3, Fall, 2013, pp. 625-637
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Book reviews of 3 books:
On Records: Delaware Indians, Colonists, and the Media of History and Memory by Andrew Newman.
Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians Out of Existence in New England by Jean O'Brien.
English Letters and Indian Literacies: Reading, Writing, and New England Missionary Schools, 1750-1830 by Hilary E. Wyss.
William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 54, no. 2, 3rd series, April 1997, pp. 347-376
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Describes the conversion and control of Aboriginal people by Franciscans; analyzes and identifies leadership selection patterns and the role of leaders in relation to the missions.
Journal of the Southwest, vol. 50, no. 4, Winter, 2008, pp. 355-376
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Discusses the history of one group of Indians from southern Arizona who embraced the Christian devil cosmology and related theories of sickness and cure.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 33, no. 2, 1998, pp. 85-97
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Examines how the Jesuits described the physical geography and landscape surroundings in North America and how they disregarded things outside of their cultural experience.
The Journal of Economic History, vol. 61, no. 4, December 2001, pp. 1037-1064
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Argues that Indigenous peoples bought more European goods from the Hudson's Bay Company post as fur prices went up, and also increased trapping for trade purposes.
Contemporary Justice Review, vol. 7, no. 2, June 2004, pp. 171-182
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Uses a review of the film Rabbit Proof Fenceas a starting point for a discussion of the residential school system in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and India.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 4, Autumn, 2008, pp. 412-442
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The author explores different expressions of conversion to Catholicism in the daily practices of the different Indigenous peoples in the San Francisco Bay area; considers where people chose to give birth or die and the practice of various traditional protocols.