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on the Missions
The Roman
Rite
in the Algonquian and Iroquoian Missions
From the
Colonial Period to the Second Vatican Council
Claudio R. Salvucci
Representing
the first general treatment of the "Indian Mass" of the North American
Catholic missions, this volume draws on historical descriptions as well
as rare missionary manuscripts and publications to trace the
development of the distinctive American Indian liturgies. Weaving
together extensive primary source material, Salvucci overturns popular
misconceptions of missionaries
as cultural imperialists. More...
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Sagard's Dictionary of Huron
Gabriel Sagard
Edited by
Dr. John Steckley
Recollect Brother Gabriel
Sagard's 144-page French-Huron dictionary, first published in 1632, is
one of the earliest dictionaries of any Native American language and is
the foundation of French missionary studies in Iroquoian. This
exhaustive new edition by renowned Huron scholar John Steckley is a
complete translation of this historic dictionary. It begins with a
thorough introduction, including extensive notes on Huron linguistic
variation and dialect differences, featuring comparisons with other
Iroquoian languages. More...
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 Now in Paperback!
A Vocabulary of Wyandot
American Language Reprints Series,
Vol. 30
Complied by Col. John Johnston,
Benjamin Smith Barton, et al.
This volume contains 145 words of Wyandot collected by
Col. John Johnston in 1819. Johnston was an Indian agent and "beloved
friend" who was associated with the Wyandot and Shawnee tribes in Ohio
for over 50 years. The volume also includes a smaller sample of about
40 Wyandot words collected by Benjamin Smith Barton in the late 18th
century and several other smaller word lists. Also included are three
sets Wyandot numerals collected by Conrad Weiser, William Walker, and
Samuel Haldeman. More...
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Selected Manuscripts of Gen. John S. Clark
Relating to the Aboriginal History of
the Susquehanna
Edited by Louise W. Murray
This volume
represents a
lifetime of research by 19th century archaeologist Gen. John S. Clark.
Edited by renowned
Indian scholar Louise Welles Murray, this treatment
covers the aboriginal history of the
Susquehanna River Basin from late prehistoric
times until the Colonial American period based upon archaeology and
documents acquired from the early French, Swedish and English traders
and explorers. More...
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