"This book brings together the writings of Joseph Johnson, a Mohegan Indian preacher, schoolteacher, and leader of the movement to relocate eastern Christian Indians to "Brotherton" in upper New York state." "Johnson's diaries, written between 1771 and 1773, document da...

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1. Verfasser:	Johnson, Joseph 1751-1776 (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Amherst Univ. of Massachusetts Press 1998
Schriftenreihe:	Native Americans of the northeast
Schlagworte:	Johnson, Joseph <1751?-1777> - Correspondance Johnson, Joseph <1751?-1777> > Correspondence Brotherton (Indiens) - Missions Enseignants - New York (État) - Biographies Missionnaires - New York (État) - Biographies Mohegan (Indiens) - Biographies Lehrer Brotherton Indians > Missions Missionaries > New York (State) > Biography Mohegan Indians > Biography Teachers > New York (State) > Biography Biografie
Zusammenfassung:	"This book brings together the writings of Joseph Johnson, a Mohegan Indian preacher, schoolteacher, and leader of the movement to relocate eastern Christian Indians to "Brotherton" in upper New York state." "Johnson's diaries, written between 1771 and 1773, document daily life in the Indian Christian communities of Mohegan and Farmington, Connecticut, with a remarkable richness and intimacy. His letters - to his teacher, Eleazar Wheelock, and other white benefactors, as well as to his fellow Native Americans - reveal both an uncommon talent for diplomacy and a powerful vision of Indian solidarity." "Commentary by Laura J. Murray illuminates the meaning of Johnson's writings in their historical context. One essay traces the cultural changes and political conflicts at Mohegan in the generations before Johnson's; other essays illuminate the rhetorical challenges Johnson faced as a literate Indian in the eighteenth century."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:	XIX, 324 S.
ISBN:	1558491279 1558491260