Converting the Rosebud: Catholic mission and the Lakotas, 1886-1916

"Examines the origins and early history of St. Francis Catholic Indian Mission on the Sicangu Lakota Rosebud Reservation within the wider, overlapping contexts of federal Indian relations, Catholic missionary policy, and Lakota culture."--Provided by publisher

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Published in:The civilization of the American Indian series
Subtitles:Catholic mission and the Lakotas, 1886-1916
Main Author: Markowitz, Harvey (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Norman University of Oklahoma Press [2018]
In: The civilization of the American Indian series (volume 277)
Series/Journal:The civilization of the American Indian series volume 277
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Rosebud Indian Reservation / Jesuits / Mission (international law / Brulé / History 1886-1916
B USA / Catholic church / Indian policy / History 1869-1916
Further subjects:B Rosebud Indian Reservation (S.D.) History Sources
B Lakota Indians History
B Lakota Indians Religion
B St. Francis Catholic Indian Mission (Rosebud Indian Reservation, S.D.)
B Lakota Indians Missions
B Jesuits Missions (South Dakota) (Rosebud Indian Reservation) History
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Summary:"Examines the origins and early history of St. Francis Catholic Indian Mission on the Sicangu Lakota Rosebud Reservation within the wider, overlapping contexts of federal Indian relations, Catholic missionary policy, and Lakota culture."--Provided by publisher
The road to reform in federal Indian policy -- The Catholic church and American Indian policy -- The Lakotas and "the peace" -- Catholic Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota Mission and the Grant peace policy, 1869-1886 -- The beginnings of rosebud Catholic mission, 1878-1886 -- Otto von Bismarck, the Jesuits' Buffalo Province, and the Franciscan Sisters of Penance and Christian Charity -- The founding and evolution of Saint Francis Mission, 1886-1916 -- The paradigm of mission at Saint Francis: civilizing and Christianizing the Sicangus -- "Always crosses, but never unhappy": Sicangu obstacles to missionization -- "We Indians do not want such strife": non-Sicangu obstacles to Catholic missionization -- Pre-reservation Lakota religion and the reception of early Catholic mission -- Pragmatism and Sicangu Catholicism -- The reception of early Catholic mission, Part two: Catholicism and sacred power -- Conclusion: a crisis in mission
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0806159855