Missions & Missionaries

Looks the history of education in the communities of Sheshatshiu and Utshimassits (Davis Inlet).

Book review of: A Terribly Wild Man by Christine Halse. Review located by scrolling to page 270.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Kentucky, 2000.

3rd edition.

Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1997.

Presents a historical account of the poor living conditions and scarcity of food for Aboriginals living in a mission.

Discusses how Native Americans viewed, incorporated, and used Christianity.

Book review of: "These Strangers, Where Are They Going?" by Raymond Evans and Jan Walker. To access review, scroll down to page 176.

Looks at the familial relationships which developed in the community of Île à la Crosse as well as those established with representatives of the fur trade and the Church. Introduction and Chapter 1 of: One of the Family: Métis Culture in Nineteenth-Century Northwestern Saskatchewan.

Reminiscences of Sandy McDonald who was born in 1908 in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Describes Jesuit Claude Allouez and 17th missioning among the Native Americans of Illinois.

Examines how the Jesuits described the physical geography and landscape surroundings in North America and how they disregarded things outside of their cultural experience.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1981.

Book review of: Thomas Crosby and the Tsimshian by Clarence Bolt.

Three articles on missionary life, the first describing events of Christmas 1888 in Bella Bella, BC. The second article is a letter from Rev. John Nelson, dated 7 March 1889, discussing the Mountain Stoney Aboriginal population present in the Saskatchewan District. The third article is a letter from Rev. A.E. Green, dated 11 February 1889, concerning the frustration relating to the land issue in the Naas River, BC, area.

Describes how, during treaty negotiations, Euro-Canadian statesmen used religious terminology, presented the British monarchy in a divine manner, and enlisted well-known and respected Christian missionaries to impress upon the Natives that they understood the sacred dimensions of the treaties.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1971.

Book review of: A Time of Little Choice by Randall Milliken.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1995.

Book review: Tlingit Indians of Alaska by Archimandrite Anatolii Kamenskii. Translated, with an Introduction and supplementary material, by Sergei Kan.

Uses the work of Oblate Constantine Scollen to analyze historical interpretations of the relationship between missionaries and Indigenous people.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 1997.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Johns Hopkins University, 1990.

Examines how the schools practices were designed to disrupt child/community relationship by removing Anishinaabe language.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan State University, 1989.

Language Maintenance Thesis (M.A.)--Prescott College, 1998. Thesis text written in Tohono O'odham language.

Looks at windigo tales in the context of cultural adaptations which occurred in both groups as a result of prolonged contact.

Reprint of works originally published in London, 1647-[1652?].

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Vermont, 2009.

Video review of: Transitions produced by Darrell Kipp and Joe Fisher.

Missionary accounts and agency reports revealed a larger Yanktonai agenda of resistance to assimilation through negotiations with federal officials and missionaries.

Book review of: Tribes and Tribulations by Laurence M. Hauptman.

Book review of: Truth and Indignation by Ronald Niezen. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 144.

Recommends the only way through trauma is reconciliation involving both restoration and recovery through traditional teachings.

Book review of: Amongst God's Own by Terry Glavin.

Book review of: Tsimshian Treasures by Donald Ellis. Scroll down to page 150 to read review.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Université Laval, 2000.

Review article of seven books: Aboriginal Australians and Christian Missions: Ethnographic and Historical Studies edited by Tony Swain and Deborah Bird Rose. Christianity and Aboriginal Australia by John Harris. I'd Rather Dig Potatoes: Clamor Schurmann and the Aborigines of South Australia, 1838-1853by Edwin A. Schurmann. Black Robinson: Protector of Aborigines by Vivienne Rae-Ellis. Thomas Dove and the Tasmanian Aborigines by R. S. Miller. Dark Deeds in a Sunny Land or Blacks and Whites in North-West Australia by J. B.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1981.

Story of two writing systems: syllabics developed around 1840 by James Evans and a system developed for the A-hmao, in south-western China, around 1904.