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In this interdisciplinary collection of essays, Joel W. Martin and Mark A. Nicholas gather emerging and leading voices in the study of Native American religion to reconsider the complex and often misunderstood history of Native peoples' engagement with Christianity and with Euro-American missionaries. Surveying mission encounters from contact through the mid-nineteenth century, the volume alters and enriches our understanding of both American Christianity and indigenous religion.

The essays here explore a variety of postcontact identities, including indigenous Christians, "mission friendly" non-Christians, and ex-Christians, thereby exploring the shifting world of Native-white cultural and religious exchange. Rather than questioning the authenticity of Native Christian experiences, these scholars reveal how indigenous peoples negotiated change with regard to missions, missionaries, and Christianity. This collection challenges the pervasive stereotype of Native Americans as culturally static and ill-equipped to navigate the roiling currents associated with colonialism and missionization.

The contributors are Emma Anderson, Joanna Brooks, Steven W. Hackel, Tracy Neal Leavelle, Daniel Mandell, Joel W. Martin, Michael D. McNally, Mark A. Nicholas, Michelene Pesantubbee, David J. Silverman, Laura M. Stevens, Rachel Wheeler, Douglas L. Winiarski, and Hilary E. Wyss.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
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  1. Contents
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  1. Foreword
  2. pp. xi-xiii
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-20
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  1. PART I: NEGOTIATING CONVERSION
  1. Hard Feelings: Samson Occom Contemplates His Christian Mentors
  2. pp. 23-37
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  1. Eager Partners in Reform: Indians and Frederick Baylies in Southern New England, 1780–1840
  2. pp. 38-66
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  1. Crisscrossing Projects of Sovereignty and Conversion: Cherokee Christians and New England Missionaries during the 1820s
  2. pp. 67-89
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  1. PART II: PRACTICING RELIGION
  1. Native American Popular Religion in New England’s Old Colony, 1670–1770
  2. pp. 93-124
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  1. Blood, Fire, and “Baptism”: Three Perspectives on the Death of Jean de Brébeuf, Seventeenth-Century Jesuit “Martyr”
  2. pp. 125-158
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  1. The Catholic Rosary, Gendered Practice, and Female Power in French-Indian Spiritual Encounters
  2. pp. 159-176
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  1. PART III: CIRCULATING TEXTS
  1. The Souls of Highlanders, the Salvation of Indians: Scottish Mission and Eighteenth-Century British Empire
  2. pp. 179-200
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  1. Print Culture and the Power of Native Literacy in California and New England Missions
  2. pp. 201-222
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  1. PART IV: CREATING COMMUNITIES
  1. Hendrick Aupaumut: Christian-Mahican Prophet
  2. pp. 225-249
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  1. To Become a Chosen People: The Missionary Work and Missionary Spirit of the Brotherton and Stockbridge Indians, 1775–1835
  2. pp. 250-275
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  1. Conclusion: Turns and Common Grounds
  2. pp. 276-288
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  1. Coda: Naming the Legacy of Native Christian Missionary Encounters
  2. pp. 289-304
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. 305-307
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 309-325
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