Missions & Missionaries

Comments on the two aims of Christian missionaries: to convert the heathen to Christianity and to introduce them to European civilization.

Book review of: Civilizing the Wilderness by A. A. den Otter.

Book reviews of Civilizing the Wilderness by A.A. den Otter. Prophetic Identities by Tolly Bradford.

This file contains a newspaper clipping about the life of Lucy M. Baker, praising her work with the Indians who "worshipped" her for the work she did for the Makoce Waste Sioux after the 1885 rebellion. Also scanned is a mission report of the two reserves she worked at, Mistawasis (Cree) and Makoce Waste (Sioux).

Theology Thesis (D.Min.)--St. Stephen's College, 1999. Doctoral dissertation based on life of missionary James Evans.

Compilation of archival material.

Booklet relating to the coast Salish people of coastal British Columbia, describing various aspects of Coast Salish culture such as daily subsistence, religion, shamanism, family life and legends.

Contents include Methodist hymns in Oneida and English, and some in Oneida only.

Legal costs for residential school lawsuits will be paid from reserves in the Missionary Society of the Anglican Church of Canada.

A black and white picture of a large group of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people, all dressed in formal attire, in front of two large buildings that make up Le College Emmanuel.

Diaries kept by Clah show the evolution of the colonial Tsimshian culture and his interactions with parts of the non-Native economy and the missionary promoters.

Paper discusses three topics: the process of adopting the Siyá:m System of leadership, the limitations of the system as expressed by members of the community, and the government and missionary actions which isolated and curtailed the traditional inter-village family interactions.

Explores the relationship between missionaries and Aboriginals in three fictional works as examples of societal attitudes.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2015.

Comments on the key role the Kitsaki Management Limited Partnership plays in the economic life of northern Saskatchewan.

Chapter 4 in: Finding Directions West: Readings That Locate and Dislocate Western Canada's Past edited by George Colpitts and Heather Devine.

Delves into the full narrative complexity of one first contact story by examining the teller of the story, the purpose of the telling, implied audience and the relevant contexts behind the telling. Scroll to page 1 to read article.

Brief overview of the articles in themed issue.

Graduate School of Cornell University Thesis (Ph.D.)--Cornell University, 2004.

Comments on African Americans who converted Native Americans to Christianity.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2002.

Overview of French missionary activity during the early period of exploration and trade.

Psychology Thesis (M.Phil.)--Massey University, 2009.

Book review of Conflicted Mission by Linda M. Clemmons.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A,)--McGill University, 1971.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 1972.

"We whose names are under-written, are well assured and satisfied of the truth of these narratives ... [signed] George Griffith, Matthew Mead, John How, Vincent Alsop, Isaac Chauncy, Nath. Mather"

Looks at an Oblate missionary that was involved with negotiating and signing Treaties Six and Seven but, due to his questionable behaviour, was ultimately cut off from the Church.

Book review essay of: Colonial Latin American Literature: A Very Short Introduction by Rolena Adorno. Indigenous Writings from the Convent: Negotiating Ethnic Autonomy in Colonial Mexico by Mónica Díaz. On the Wings of Time: Rome, the Incas, Spain, and Peru by Sabine MacCormack. The Art of Being In-Between: Native Intermediaries, Indian Identity, and Local Rule in Colonial Oaxaca by Yanna Yannakakis.

Book review of: Contact Zones: Aboriginal and Settler Women in Canada's Colonial Past edited by Katie Pickles and Myra Rutherdale.

Book review of: Contact Zones edited by Katie Pickles and Myra Rutherdale. To access this review, scroll to page 102

Book review of: Contact Zones: Aboriginal and Settler Women in Canada's Colonial Past by Katie Pickles and Myra Rutherdale.

Looks at a missionary who used marriage to manipulate and control Indigenous women.

File note: First Dominion of Canada court enquiry in the far north.

Studies Tsimshian approach and response to Christianity.

Divinity Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Chicago, 2002.

Looks at features of Native American Catholicism and the differences between traditional religious customs and strategies used to cope with the requirement of ecclesial exclusivity.

Film explores historical overivew of the Coppermine community beginning with arrival of the missionaries, the tuberculosis epidemic and Dr. Russel Martin's fight for medical supplies from Ottawa. Duration: 57:07.

Book review of: Countering Civilization: Native American Women and Great Lakes Missions, 1630-1900 by Carol Devens.

Book review of: Countering Colonization by Carol Devens

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 1973.

Supreme Court overturns appeal ruling in residential schools case that held churches were exempt under the doctrine of "charitable immunity."

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2001.