Mission India

Mission India
Author: A P J Abdul Kalam
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2015-11-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9351180174

Mission India: A Vision For Indian Youth has been written with the intention of challenging the Indian youth to bring about a positive change in the country by 2020. Kalam starts off by telling the readers that there has never been a time in Indian history such as this, where the nation has 540 million youth and 20 million Indians across the globe. He also states that several developed countries have directed their efforts towards setting up research centers across the country, which has benefited scientists, engineers, and professionals from various spheres. Kalam and Rajan tell the readers about their goal to make India one among the five top economic powers in the world by 2020. In the beginning of this book, Kalam presents the readers with a question as to whether India can become a developed country. He then provides insights into the current situation in the country, and explains that this goal is a realistic one. In the subsequent chapters, Kalam and Rajan begin to examine the five industries that need to become reasonably self-sufficient in the coming years, and each chapter tells the readers what can be done to bring a positive change in each industry. They also tell the readers about the current education system in the country, and the latest technology that can be used to improve the quality of education. The readers are also given insights into the present healthcare industry and infrastructural system, which are trademarks of a developed nation. Kalam and Rajan conclude by telling every individual and organization about the role they can play in transforming the nation by 2020

Indigenous Landscapes and Spanish Missions

Indigenous Landscapes and Spanish Missions
Author: Lee Panich
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2014-04-17
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0816530513

Indigenous Landscapes and Spanish Missions offers a holistic view on the consequences of mission enterprises and how native peoples actively incorporated Spanish colonialism into their own landscapes. An innovative reorientation spanning the northern limits of Spanish colonialism, this volume brings together a variety of archaeologists focused on placing indigenous agency in the foreground of mission interpretation.

A Coalition of Lineages

A Coalition of Lineages
Author: Duane Champagne
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2021-05-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 0816542228

The experience of the FernandeƱo Tataviam Band of Mission Indians is an instructive model for scholars and provides a model for multicultural tribal development that may be of interest to recognized and nonrecognized Indian nations in the United States and elsewhere.

The Moravian Springplace Mission to the Cherokees, Abridged Edition

The Moravian Springplace Mission to the Cherokees, Abridged Edition
Author: Rowena McClinton
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2010-12-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0803234392

In 1801 the Moravians, a Pietist German-speaking group from Central Europe, founded the Springplace Mission at a site in present-day northwestern Georgia. The Moravians remained among the Cherokees for more than thirty years, longer than any other Christian group. John and Anna Rosina Gambold served at the mission from 1805 until Anna's death in 1821. Anna, the principal author of the diaries, chronicles the intimate details of Cherokee daily life for seventeen years. Anna describes mission life and what she heard and saw at Springplace: food preparation and consumption, transactions pertaining to land, Cherokee body ornaments, conjuring, Cherokee law and punishment, Green Corn ceremonies, ball play, and matriarchal and marriage traditions. She similarly recounts stories she heard about rainmaking, the origins of the Cherokee people, and how she herself conversed with curious Cherokees about Christian images and fixtures. She also recalls earthquakes, conversions, notable visitors, annuity distributions, and illnesses. This abridged edition offers selected excerpts from the definitive edition of the Springplace diary, enabling significant themes and events of Cherokee culture and history to emerge. Anna's carefully recorded observations reveal the Cherokees' worldview and allow readers a glimpse into a time of change and upheaval for the tribe.

Indian Life at the Old Missions

Indian Life at the Old Missions
Author: Edith Buckland Webb
Publisher:
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781932846041

Originally published in 1952 and then reprinted in 1982, "Indian Life at the Old Missions" is filled with detailed photographs and fine line-drawings of the Native Americans who founded California, yet were destined to be forgotten, as settlers took over their land.

Converting California

Converting California
Author: James A. Sandos
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0300129122

This book is a compelling and balanced history of the California missions and their impact on the Indians they tried to convert. Focusing primarily on the religious conflict between the two groups, it sheds new light on the tensions, accomplishments, and limitations of the California mission experience. James A. Sandos, an eminent authority on the American West, traces the history of the Franciscan missions from the creation of the first one in 1769 until they were turned over to the public in 1836. Addressing such topics as the singular theology of the missions, the role of music in bonding Indians to Franciscan enterprises, the diseases caused by contact with the missions, and the Indian resistance to missionary activity, Sandos not only describes what happened in the California missions but offers a persuasive explanation for why it happened.

Laboring in the Fields of the Lord

Laboring in the Fields of the Lord
Author: Jerald T. Milanich
Publisher:
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2006
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780813029665

The missions of Spanish Florida are one of American history's best kept secrets. Between 1565 and 1763, more than 150 missions with names like San Francisco and San Antonio dotted the landscape from south Florida to the Chesapeake Bay. Drawing on archaeological and historical research, much conducted in the last 25 years, Milanich offers a vivid description of these missions and the Apalachee, Guale, and Timucua Indians who lived and labored in them. First published in 1999 by Smithsonian Institution Press, Laboring in the Fields of the Lord contends the missions were an integral part of Spain's La Florida colony, turning a potentially hostile population into an essential labor force. Indian workers grew, harvested, ground, and transported corn that helped to feed the colony. Indians also provided labor for construction projects, including the imposing stone Castillo de San Marcos that still dominates St. Augustine today. Missions were essential to the goal of colonialism. Together, conquistadors, missionaries, and entrepreneurs went hand-in-hand to conquer the people of the Americas. Though long abandoned and destroyed, the missions are an important part of our country's heritage. This reprint edition includes a new, updated preface by the author.

Indians, Missionaries, and Merchants

Indians, Missionaries, and Merchants
Author: Kent G. Lightfoot
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2006-11-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520249984

Lightfoot examines the interactions between Native American communities in California & the earliest colonial settlements, those of Russian pioneers & Franciscan missionaries. He compares the history of the different ventures & their legacies that still help define the political status of native people.