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Spirit Wars : Native North American Religions in the Age of Nation Building by Ronald Niezen; Kim Burgess; Manley Begay; Phyllis Fast; Valerie Long Lambert; Michael V. Wilcox; Bernard Perley is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Spirit Wars Is An Exploration Of The Ways In Which The Destruction Of Spiritual Practices And Beliefs Of Native Peoples In North America Has Led To Conditions Of Collective Suffering--a Process Sometimes Referred To As Cultural Genocide. Ronald Niezen Approaches This Topic Through Wide-ranging Case Studies Involving Different Colonial Powers And State Governments: The Seventeenth-century Spanish Occupation Of The Southwest, The Colonization Of The Northeast By The French And British, Nineteenth-century Westward Expansion And Nationalism In The Swelling United States And Canada, And Twentieth-century Struggles For Native People's Spiritual Integrity And Freedom. Each Chapter Deals With A Specific Dimension Of The Relationship Between Native Peoples And Non-native Institutions, And Together These Topics Yield A New Understanding Of The Forces Directed Against The Underpinnings Of Native Cultures. 1. Introduction -- 2. The Conquest Of Souls. The Pueblo Revolt Of 1680. Epidemics And The Black Robes Of New France. Puritans And Praying Indians In New England. Prelude To Nation Building -- The Pequots' Conversion To Christianity / Kim Burgess -- 3. Learning To Forget. Enlightenment And Ev

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Author

Ronald Niezen; Kim Burgess; Manley Begay; Phyllis Fast; Valerie Long Lambert; Michael V. Wilcox; Bernard Perley

Publisher

University of California Press

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780520923430

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Sociology, Religion