From the great river to the ends of the earth : Oblate missions to the Dene, 1847-1921 / Martha McCarthy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCarthy, Martha.

Series:

Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Canadian North West

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oblates of Mary Immaculate--Missions--Northwest, Canadian--History.

Oblates of Mary Immaculate.

Tinne Indians--Missions--Northwest, Canadian--History.

Tinne Indians.

Indians of North America--Missions--Northwest, Canadian.

Indians of North America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Alberta : Univ. of Alberta Press : Western Canadian Pubs, c1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Catholic missionaries originally saw the Mackenzie River as the heart of a vast kingdom of souls to be gained for God, whatever the claims of any other power to sovereignty. The Dene did not share this view. Martha McCarthy balances Dene oral tradition with documentary sources to explore this important and difficult period in the developing relationships between Europeans and First Nations peoples in Canada.

Contents:

Intro; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1 Worlds Apart: The ""Old"" World; 2 Worlds Apart: The ""New"" World; 3 Policy and Pragmatism: The Oblates and the Hudson's Bay Company; 4 Rivals in Faith: Oblates Versus Anglicans; 5 Structures and Infrastructure; 6 When Two Worlds Met; 7 Lay Leadership Among the Dene; 8 Métis Auxiliaries; 9 Health and Well-Being: Medicine and Mission; 10 Protest and Prophecy; 11 Education and Evangelization; 12 Oblates, Dene, and the Canadian Government; 13 A New Heaven and a New Earth; Appendix A: Dene Population Statistics

Appendix B: Sickness and MedicineAppendix C: Oblate Missions to the Dene; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; D; H; M; P; T

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-261) and index.

ISBN:

1-4593-0070-X

1-4175-9126-9

OCLC:

923436459