Life, Letters and Travels of Father Pierre-Jean de Smet, S.J., 1801-1873

Life, Letters and Travels of Father Pierre-Jean de Smet, S.J., 1801-1873
Author: Hiram Martin Chittenden
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2019-03-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780526977055

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LIFE LETTERS & TRAVELS OF FATH

LIFE LETTERS & TRAVELS OF FATH
Author: Hiram Martin 1858-1917 Chittenden
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2016-08-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781363779840

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

For the Union and the Catholic Church

For the Union and the Catholic Church
Author: Max Longley
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2015-06-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 0786494220

Four men joined the Catholic Church in the mid-1840s: a soldier, his bishop brother, a priest born a slave and an editor. For the next two decades they were in the thick of the battles of the era--Catholicism versus Know-Nothingism, slavery versus abolition, North versus South. Much has been written about the Catholic Church and about the Civil War. This book is the first in more than half a century to focus exclusively on the intersection of these two topics.

The Destruction of the Bison

The Destruction of the Bison
Author: Andrew C. Isenberg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2000-03-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107717477

The Destruction of the Bison, first published in 2000, explains the decline of the North American bison population from an estimated 30 million in 1800 to fewer than a thousand a century later. In this wide-ranging, interdisciplinary study, Andrew C. Isenberg argues that the cultural and ecological encounter between Native Americans and Euroamericans in the Great Plains was the central cause of the near-extinction of the bison. Cultural and ecological interactions created new types of bison hunters on both sides of the encounter: mounted Indian nomads and Euroamerican industrial hidemen. Together with environmental pressures these hunters nearly extinguished the bison. In the early twentieth century, nostalgia about the very cultural strife which first threatened the bison became, ironically, an important impetus to its preservation.

American Indian Treaties

American Indian Treaties
Author: Francis Paul Prucha
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 604
Release: 1997-03-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520208951

American Indian affairs are much in the public mind today—hotly contested debates over such issues as Indian fishing rights, land claims, and reservation gambling hold our attention. While the unique legal status of American Indians rests on the historical treaty relationship between Indian tribes and the federal government, until now there has been no comprehensive history of these treaties and their role in American life. Francis Paul Prucha, a leading authority on the history of American Indian affairs, argues that the treaties were a political anomaly from the very beginning. The term "treaty" implies a contract between sovereign independent nations, yet Indians were always in a position of inequality and dependence as negotiators, a fact that complicates their current attempts to regain their rights and tribal sovereignty. Prucha's impeccably researched book, based on a close analysis of every treaty, makes possible a thorough understanding of a legal dilemma whose legacy is so palpably felt today.

"Keeping the Lakes' Way"

Author: Paula Pryce
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780802082237

Officially extinct, Sinixt Interior Salish living in diaspora work to protect their history, identity, and social memory through the protection of, and the act of reburial at, an ancient burial ground.

Formed From This Soil

Formed From This Soil
Author: Thomas S. Bremer
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 458
Release: 2014-10-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1118323548

Formed from This Soil offers a complete history of religion in America that centers on the diversity of sacred traditions and practices that have existed in the country from its earliest days. Organized chronologically starting with the earliest Europeans searching for new routes to Asia, through to the global context of post-9/11 America of the 21st century Includes discussion of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic class, political affiliations, and other elements of individual and collective identity Incorporates recent scholarship for a nuanced history that goes beyond simple explanations of America as a Protestant society Discusses diverse beliefs and practices that originated in the Americas as well as those that came from Europe, Asia, and Africa Pedagogical features include numerous visual images; sidebars with specialized topics and interpretive themes; discussion questions for each chapter; a glossary of common terms; and lists of relevant resources to broaden student learning