Capture these Indians for the lord : Indians, Methodists, and Oklahomans, 1844-1939 / Tash Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Tash, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

Indians of North America--Indian Territory--History.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Oklahoma--History.

Indians of North America--Religion.

Indians of North America--Missions--Indian Territory.

Methodist Episcopal Church, South--History.

Methodist Episcopal Church. Indian Mission Conference.

Methodist Episcopal Church.

Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation--Indian Territory.

Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation.

History.

Indians of North America--Missions.

Indian Territory--Race relations.

Indian Territory.

Indians, Treatment of.

White people--Relations with Indigenous peoples.

White people.

White people--Relations with Indians.

Race relations.

Oklahoma.

Oklahoma--Indian Territory.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 246 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2014.

Summary:

""Exploring larger issues associated with western expansion, this book details the history of the Southern Methodist Church in Indian Territory/Oklahoma and the complex relationship between its white and Indian membership"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 The Mission Begins: Origins of the Indian Mission Conference, 1844-1865 19

2 Rebuilding the Mission: Efforts among the Five Tribes, 1866-1889 47

3 Expanding the Mission: The Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Agency after 1887 75

4 The Mission Changes: From the Land Run to Statehood, 1889-1907 105

5 Marginalizing the Mission: Indian Work after Statehood, 1907-1918 133

6 The Mission Reborn: The New Indian Mission, 1918-1940 154.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816530885

0816530882

OCLC:

878222822