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- catalog abstract "Publisher description: With Countering Colonization, Carol Devens offers a well-documented, revisionary history of Native American women. From the time of early Jesuit missionaries to the late nineteenth century, Devens brings Ojibwa, Cree, and Montagnais-Naskapi women of the Upper Great Lakes region to the fore. Far from being passive observers without regard for status and autonomy, these women were pivotal in their own communities and active in shaping the encounter between Native American and white civilizations. While women's voices have been silenced in most accounts, their actions preserved in missionary letters and reports indicate the vital part women played during centuries of conflict. In contrast to some Indian men who accepted the missionaries' religious and secular teachings as useful tools for dealing with whites, many Indian women felt a strong threat to their ways of life and beliefs. Women endured torture and hardship, and even torched missionaries' homes in an attempt to reassert control over their lives. Devens demonstrates that gender conflicts in Native American communities, which anthropologists considered to be "aboriginal," resulted in large part from women's and men's divergence over the acceptance of missionaries and their message. This book's perspective is unique in its focus on Native American women who acted to preserve their culture. In acknowledging these women as historically significant actors, Devens has written a work for every scholar and student seeking a more inclusive understanding of the North American past.".
- catalog contributor b3567905.
- catalog created "c1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "c1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-180) and index.".
- catalog description "Publisher description: With Countering Colonization, Carol Devens offers a well-documented, revisionary history of Native American women. From the time of early Jesuit missionaries to the late nineteenth century, Devens brings Ojibwa, Cree, and Montagnais-Naskapi women of the Upper Great Lakes region to the fore. Far from being passive observers without regard for status and autonomy, these women were pivotal in their own communities and active in shaping the encounter between Native American and white civilizations. While women's voices have been silenced in most accounts, their actions preserved in missionary letters and reports indicate the vital part women played during centuries of conflict. In contrast to some Indian men who accepted the missionaries' religious and secular teachings as useful tools for dealing with whites, many Indian women felt a strong threat to their ways of life and beliefs. Women endured torture and hardship, and even torched missionaries' homes in an attempt to reassert control over their lives. Devens demonstrates that gender conflicts in Native American communities, which anthropologists considered to be "aboriginal," resulted in large part from women's and men's divergence over the acceptance of missionaries and their message. This book's perspective is unique in its focus on Native American women who acted to preserve their culture. In acknowledging these women as historically significant actors, Devens has written a work for every scholar and student seeking a more inclusive understanding of the North American past.".
- catalog description "The First Pattern : The Response of Jesuit Missions -- Between the missionary eras -- The Second Pattern : Accommodating the Wesleyans -- The Third Pattern : Unity -- The First Pattern Repeated : "The trouble is with the women" -- Separate worlds".
- catalog extent "xi, 185 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0520075579 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "c1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press,".
- catalog spatial "Canada, Eastern".
- catalog spatial "Canada, Eastern.".
- catalog spatial "Great Lakes Region (North America)".
- catalog spatial "Great Lakes Region".
- catalog spatial "Great Lakes Region.".
- catalog subject "977/.00497/082 20".
- catalog subject "E78.G7 D48 1992".
- catalog subject "Indian women Canada, Eastern.".
- catalog subject "Indian women Great Lakes Region (North America)".
- catalog subject "Indian women Great Lakes Region.".
- catalog subject "Indians of North America Missions Canada, Eastern.".
- catalog subject "Indians of North America Missions Great Lakes Region (North America)".
- catalog subject "Indians of North America Missions Great Lakes Region.".
- catalog subject "Sex role Canada, Eastern History.".
- catalog subject "Sex role Great Lakes Region (North America) History.".
- catalog subject "Sex role Great Lakes Region History.".
- catalog subject "Women Canada, Eastern History.".
- catalog subject "Women Great Lakes Region (North America) History.".
- catalog subject "Women Great Lakes Region History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The First Pattern : The Response of Jesuit Missions -- Between the missionary eras -- The Second Pattern : Accommodating the Wesleyans -- The Third Pattern : Unity -- The First Pattern Repeated : "The trouble is with the women" -- Separate worlds".
- catalog title "Countering colonization : Native American women and Great Lakes missions, 1630-1900 / Carol Devens.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".