Missionary conquest : the Gospel and Native American cultural genocide /

Tinker, George E.

Missionary conquest : the Gospel and Native American cultural genocide / George E. Tinker. - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 1993. - ix, 182 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-173) and index.

Missionary intentions, missionary violence -- John Eliot : conversion, colonialism, and the oppression of language -- Junipero Serra : spiritual conquest and famine in California -- Pierre-Jean De Smet : manifest destiny and economic exploitation -- Henry Benjamin Whipple : the politics of indian assimilation -- The enduring dilemma : where do we go from here?

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Serra, Jun�ipero, Saint, 1713-1784.
Eliot, John, 1604-1690.
Smet, Pierre-Jean de, 1801-1873.
Whipple, Henry Benjamin, 1822-1901.


Indians of North America--Missions.
Indians, Treatment of--History.--North America
Missions--History.--North America
Missionaries--North America--Biography.

E 98 .M6 / T56 1993