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

Book 1995

"The Dene have lived from time immemorial in the Athabasca and Mackenzie regions. From the arrival of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate as Catholic missionaries in 1847 to the signing of Treaty II in 1921, an intricate web of relationships developed among the Dene, the Oblates, the Church in Rome, the Hudson's Bay Company, the Anglican Church Missionary Society, and the government of Canada." "In the beginning, the Oblates saw the Mackenzie River as...

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Indigenous peoples Missions Northwest, Canadian History

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Oblates of Mary Immaculate Missions Northwest, Canadian History

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Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Canadian North West The missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Canadian North West

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ISBN:

9780888642639
0888642636

Description:

xxiii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes index
Includes bibiliographical references: pages 245-261

Contents:

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. Metis 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 Medicine
Appendix C: Oblate Missions to the Dene

LCCN:

cn 95910816

Control Number:

55923

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