Religious Encounters in a Colonial Context: New England and New France in the Seventeenth Century

Salisbury, Neal

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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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Views of Older Native American Adults in Colonial New England

Eden

2010

J Cross Cult Gerontol

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This study examines the perceptions and treatment of older Native American adults in colonial New England (1620-1783). Social scientists have found that varying degrees of persistence and change have historically characterized Indian attitudes toward older adults in communities located in the central and western United States. In regards to northeastern North America, historians have learned that, during the colonial period, older Europeans dealt with a variety of attitudes and experiences. This study examines how English colonists and Indians viewed and treated older Native American adults in part of northeastern North America. Available documents show that while indigenous persons valued and respected older adults before and throughout the colonial period, English colonists, particularly among the clergy, held more mixed views of older Native Americans, including notions that they were frail and stubborn.

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