The paths of Kateri's kin / Christopher Vecsey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vecsey, Christopher.

Series:

Vecsey, Christopher. American Indian Catholics ; v. 2.

American Indian Catholics ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church.

Indians of North America--Religion.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Missions.

Catholic Church--Missions--North America--History.

Catholic Church--Missions--New France--History.

Christianity and culture--North America--History.

Christianity and culture.

History.

Missions.

America--Discovery and exploration--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

America.

Discoveries in geography.

North America.

Physical Description:

xvi, 392 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, [1997]

Summary:

Kateri Tekakwitha, the renowned Mohawk convert of the late 17th century, symbolizes for thousands of American Indian Catholics today their own two-part cultural identity. Indeed, many feel a profound spiritual kinship with her as they travel the paths of Native American Catholicism.However, this book tells not just her story nor just that of her Mohawk people. The Paths of Kateri's Kin offers the first comprehensive study of the interweaving of Catholic and North American Indian ways from the French missionary days of the early 1600s through the complex tapestry of Indian Catholic spirituality alive today. These chapters take you down the many and various trails North American Indians have followed in expressing their Catholic identity and spirituality.This book examines the fascinating dynamic between Catholic and Indian traditions in many tribal settings across North America and across nearly five centuries, always emphasizing the spiritual lives and practices of contemporary Native American Catholics. The Paths of Kateri's Kin reveals an exciting range of religious adaptation -- from those who enter mainstream parish life to those who syncretize native and Catholic forms of spirituality.While the first volume in this series, On the Padres' Trail, explores the heritage of Spanish Catholicism among the Indians of the Caribbean, Mexico, and the American Southwest, this second volume surveys the traditions begun in New France. From the eastern shores of Nova Scotia and Maine through the Great Lakes heartland, the entire Mississippi valley and finally the Pacific Northwest, French Catholics came and imposed their faith and institutions.For those pursuing religious studies, Native American studies, or American Catholic studies, this definitive work provides the most inclusive approach to date toward this significant, interdisciplinary area.

Contents:

I French Catholicism among Native Americans

The Society of Jesus 8

The Jesuit Program 14

Accommodations to Cultures 23

Indian Responses 29

The First Converts 38

The Montagnais 44

The Hurons 56

Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre 70

II Eastern Iroquoians, Algonkians, and Muskogeans

The Iroquois and the Jesuits 77

The Reductions 87

Kateri Tekakwitha 96

St. Regis, Akwesasne 109

Modern Scenes 124

The Acadian Missions 139

Solidifying Algonkian-Catholic Culture 146

Passamaquoddy Catholics in Turmoil 151

Pleasant Point 155

Indian Township 163

Missions in the Southeast 173

The History of Houma Faith 175

Houma Catholics Today 190

The Choctaws 199

III The Central Algonkians

Centuries of Ojibway Missions 207

Varieties of Ojibway Religion 222

Anishinabe Spiritual Centre 234

Foundations of Potawatomi Catholicism 240

The Prairie Potawatomis 248

Contemporary Potawatomi Catholics 257

IV To the Northwest Coast

A Ritual and Its Myth 269

Catholicism Comes to the Rocky Mountains 273

Things Fall Apart 281

Survivals 291

The Oblates of Western Canada 296

Canadian Indian Catholicism 307

Oregon Territory's Catholic Ladder 312

The Coast Salishans 316

Translating Catholic Concepts 321

Puget Sound Patterns 329

Modern Renewal 339.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-374) and index.

ISBN:

0268038201

OCLC:

37001566