Title Writing Indians : literacy, Christianity, and native community in early America / Hilary E. Wyss.

Publication Info.	Amherst : University of Massachusetts, [2000]
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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	810.9897 W956W	Check Shelf

Description	xiii, 207 pages ; 24 cm.
Series	Native Americans of the Northeast
	Native Americans of the Northeast.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-202) and index.
Contents	Introduction: Writing in the margins: Christian Indian identity, 1643-1829 -- Literacy, captivity, and redemption: the Christian Indians of King Philip's War -- "Things that do accompany salvation": Indian converts, transculturation, and reculturation -- Captivity and Christianity: Stockbridge, new Stockbridge, and the place of history -- "One head, one heart, and one blood": Christian community and native identity at Brotherton -- Epilogue: A son of the forest and a preacher of the Gospel: narratives of captivity and conversion.
Subject	New England -- In literature.
	Literacy -- New England -- History.
	Christianity and literature -- New England -- History.
	Indians in literature.
	Autobiography.
	Indians of North America -- New England -- Biography -- History and criticism.
	American literature -- Indian authors -- History and criticism.
Local Subject	Indigenous peoples -- New England -- Intellectual life.
	Indigenous peoples -- New England -- Biography -- History and criticism.
Subject	American literature -- New England -- History and criticism.
Local Subject	Indigenous peoples -- Missions -- New England.
Subject	Religion in literature.
	Indians of North America -- Missions -- New England.
	Christian converts -- New England -- Biography -- History and criticism.
	Indians of North America -- New England -- Intellectual life.
Local Subject	American literature -- Indigenous authors -- History and criticism.
	Indigenous peoples in literature.
ISBN	155849264X alkaline paper

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