2003
DOI: 10.1215/00141801-50-2-247
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Embracing Ambiguity: Native Peoples and Christianity in Seventeenth-Century North America

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“…Scholars need to "think less about Indians 'converting,' 'apostasizing,' and 'backsliding,'" he wrote, "and more about natives as understanding and acting out of the many ambiguities surrounding their relations with Europeans." 75 The Wabanakis adopted Catholic ritual, but this by no means implied that they thus readily believed all that the priests told them, or that they had fully internalized a Catholic, monotheistic religion.…”
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“…Scholars need to "think less about Indians 'converting,' 'apostasizing,' and 'backsliding,'" he wrote, "and more about natives as understanding and acting out of the many ambiguities surrounding their relations with Europeans." 75 The Wabanakis adopted Catholic ritual, but this by no means implied that they thus readily believed all that the priests told them, or that they had fully internalized a Catholic, monotheistic religion.…”
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“…Although missionaries often focused upon judging individual Indians in terms of their devotion to Christianity, when read carefully, the sources they left behind hold important information regarding Native American communities (Cogley 1999;Jennings 1975;Mandell 1996;Morrison 1995;O'Brien 1997;Ronda 1981;Salisbury 1971Salisbury , 1992Salisbury , 2003Silverman 2005;Winiarski 2004). Court records hold information regarding English policies and Indian resistance (Bragdon 1981;Kawashima 1986;Plane 2000;Ronda 1974;Silverman 2005;Winiarski 2004).…”
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“…These texts show how the English actually treated Indians, indicating that the English not only held certain ideologies regarding older Native American persons but that they sometimes implemented those ideas in practical ways. Although documents produced by clerics and court officials may seem limited in their generalizability to the larger English community, historians recognize that they are among the only and most useful sources of information regarding English attitudes and behavior towards Native Americans (Cogley 1999;Jennings 1975;Mandell 1996;Morrison 1995;O'Brien 1997;Ronda 1981;Salisbury 1971Salisbury , 1992Salisbury , 2003Silverman 2005;Winiarski 2004). They also hold clues regarding how Native Americans dealt with English rules and laws, whether through resistance, compliance, or selective accommodation (Bragdon 1981;Kawashima 1986;Plane 2000;Ronda 1974;Silverman 2005;Winiarski 2004).…”
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