Gabriel Nattau's Soul Speaks
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2777852 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Verne Dusenberry (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1959 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 284 |
| Pages | 155 |
| Publication date | 1959-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8715 • E-ISSN: 1535-1882 |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/538479 |
| OpenAlex | W2315116536 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
tana.1 Driven back to the west, no doubt by powerful Blackfeet, they retreated into their mountainous valleys, hunted buffalo on the Plains when they dared, traded their buffalo products with their friends and allies to the west-the Nez Perce, the Colville, and the Coeur d'Alene-and lived peaceful and quiet lives. One of these eastern Salishian tribes, the Flathead-Salish, share with their Nez Perce allies the distinction of seeking Christianity. Beginning in 1832 four delegations from these two tribes crossed the mountains and plains in an attempt to reach St. Louis and bring back leaders of the white man's religion.2 Whether the knowledge of the Black Robes came from the Iroquois whom the Hudson's Bay Company3 brought west to teach the Indians to trap beaver, or from the fact that the Anglican Church had an established mission in the Red River Valley where several Nez Perce and Spokane boys had been educated,4 is immaterial. The important thing to remember is that these western Plateau Indians heard about the religion of the whites and sought teachers
Art · Literature · Soul · Theology · American Environmental and Regional History · American Literature and Culture · Archaeology and Natural History · History · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |