Unaffected by the Gospel : Osage resistance to the Christian invasion (1673-1906) : a cultural victory

Unaffected by the Gospel : Osage resistance to the Christian invasion (1673-1906) : a cultural victory / Willard Hughes Rollings.

Rollings shows how the Osages' passive resistance to missionaries' attempts to Christianize them helped preserve their culture and religious beliefs.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Rollings, Willard H.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©2004.
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	Catholic Church > Missions > Great Plains > History. Presbyterian Church > Missions > Great Plains > History. Catholic Church Osage Indians > Religion. Osage Indians > Missions. Osage Indians > Social conditions. Christianity and culture > Great Plains > History. Racism > Religious aspects > Christianity. RELIGION > Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict. Christianity and culture Missions Osage Indians > Missions Osage Indians > Religion Osage Indians > Social conditions Racism > Religious aspects > Christianity Great Plains History
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Table of Contents:

The Osage : unaffected by the Gospel
Osage hegemony on the prairie-plains
The Protestants prepare for the Osage
The Protestants arrive, 1821
Peaceful resistance and the co-option of the Protestants, 1821-1839
Spiritual victories, secular compromises, 1838-1859
The Catholics return, 1820-1870
Resisting the Catholics
Ga-ni-tha, "move to a new country"
Epilogue.