The Gods of Indian country : religion and the struggle for the American West / Jennifer Graber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graber, Jennifer, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Government relations--History--19th century.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Great Plains--History--19th century.

West (U.S.)--Church history--19th century.

West (U.S.).

West (U.S.)--Religion--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

During the nineteenth century, Americans sought the cultural transformation and the physical displacement of American Indian nations. Native people resisted these efforts. Though this process is often understood as a clash of rival economic systems or racial ideologies, it was also a profound spiritual struggle. The conflict over Indian Country sparked crises for both Natives and Americans. In the end, the experience of intercultural encounter and conflict over land produced religious transformations on both sides. This work focuses on Kiowa Indians during Americans' hundred-year effort to acquire, explore, and seize their homeland between 1803 and 1903.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-027963-X

0-19-027964-8

0-19-027962-1