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Title

Noble, wretched & redeemable : Protestant missionaries to the Indians in Canada and the United States, 1820-1900 / C.L. Higham.

Author

Higham, C. L. (Carol L.)

Publication

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press ; Calgary : University of Calgary Press, c2000.

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Description

viii, 283 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"This comparative history explores Protestant missionary attitudes toward American Indians on the western frontiers of Canada and the United States during the nineteenth century. Canadian and American political systems, religious institutions, and frontiers developed along divergent paths, but Anglo racial attitudes transcended international boundaries and compelled Canadian and American missionaries to depict Indians in similar ways for literate, white Christians in the East. Indian stereotypes evolved from "noble savage" to "wretched savage" to "redeemable savage." Responding to financial and political pressures from missionary societies, governments, and secular scholarly institutions, field missionaries became government advisors and secular authorities on Indian affairs and portrayed Indians to fulfill eastern expectations. The author has researched memoirs, letters, journals, diaries, reports, newspapers, newsletters, and other primary sources to piece together the missionary story in Canada and the United States."--Jacket.

Alternative Title

• Noble, wretched and redeemable
• Noble, wretched, and redeemable

Subject

• Église protestante
• 1800-1899
• Indians of North America > History > 19th century
• Protestant churches > History. > Canada
• Protestant churches > History. > United States
• Indians of North America > Public opinion
• Public opinion > United States
• Public opinion > Canada

Genre/Form

• History
• Étude comparée (Descripteur de forme)

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 249-274.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The great commission -- Noble savages and wretched Indians -- Speaking in tongues -- Many tender tithes -- Courting the public -- Let no man rend asunder -- We are all savages.

ISBN

• 0826321658
• 1552380262

LCCN

^^^00008249^

OCLC

• 45358513
• SCSB-11556220

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library