From the great river to the ends of the earth : Oblate missions to the Dene, 1847-1921

Type

Book

Authors

Martha McCarthy ( McCarthy, Martha )

ISBN 10

0888642636

ISBN 13

9780888642639

Tags

Indigenous peoples -- Missions -- Canadian Northwest, Oblates of Mary Immaculate -- Missions -- Canadian Northwest -- History, Dene -- Missions -- Canadian Northwest -- History, Dene, Missions

Abstract

"Catholic missionaries originally saw the Mackenzie River as the heart of a vast kingdom of souls to be gained for God, whatever the claims of any other power to sovereignty. The Dene did not share this view. Martha McCarthy balances Dene oral tradition with documentary sources to explore this important and difficult period in the developing relationships between Europeans and First Nations peoples in Canada." -- Amazon.

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