"She Loved to Read in Good Books": Literacy and the Indians of Martha's Vineyard, 1643-1725
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
E. Jennifer Monaghan
History of Education Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 4, Special Issue on the History of Literacy, Winter, 1990, pp. 492-521
Description
Literacy for Aboriginal peoples in the 17-18th century usually came as part of the Christian missionary work. History of literacy was often influenced by scholars view of the proselytism.