| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 445 pages) |
| Contents |
A Note on the Texts; Chronology; Abbreviations; "This Indian World": An Introduction to the Writings of Samson Occom; PROSE; LETTERS; PETITIONS AND TRIBAL DOCUMENTS; SERMONS; HYMNS; JOURNALS; Individuals Named in Occom's Writings; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This volume brings together for the first time the known writings of the pioneering Native American religious and political leader, intellectual, and author, Samson Occom (Mohegan; 1723-1792). The largest surviving archive of American Indian writing before Charles Eastman (Santee Sioux; 1858-1939), Occom's writings offer unparalleled views into a Native American intellectual and cultural universe in the era of colonialization and the early United States. His letters, sermons, journals, prose, petitions, and hymns--many of them never before published--document the emergence of pantribal politic |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-435) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Occom, Samson, 1723-1792 -- Diaries
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Occom, Samson, 1723-1792 -- Correspondence
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| SUBJECT |
Occom, Samson, 1723-1792 fast (OCoLC)fst00178292 |
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Mohegan Indians -- Biography
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Indian civic leaders -- New England -- Biography
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Indian religious leaders -- New England -- Biography
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Preaching -- Early works to 1800
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Indians of North America -- Missions -- New England
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Indians of North America -- New England -- Religion
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Indian civic leaders.
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Indian religious leaders.
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Indians of North America -- Missions.
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Indians of North America -- Religion.
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Mohegan Indians.
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Preaching.
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New England.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Diaries.
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Early works.
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Personal correspondence.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brooks, Joanna, 1971-
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| ISBN |
0195346882 |
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9780195346886 |
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