Apache Spirituality

November 21, 2019 admin 0

Bands or tribes known collectively as the Apache ranged widely throughout the (American) Southwest at the time of the first Spanish exploration and invasion. The […]

Christians and Indians

Christians and Indians in 1818

November 21, 2019 admin 0

During the nineteenth century, the policy of the United States government was to encourage, and sometimes require, the conversion of American Indians to Christianity. Christianity […]

Christian Missions in 1817

November 18, 2019 admin 0

The early nineteenth century was a period in which American Indians came into contact with non-Indian explorers and missionaries. Unlike the early explorers who simply […]

American Indian Religions in 1917

November 17, 2019 admin 0

During the first part of the twentieth century, the United States continued in its efforts to assimilate American Indians into an English-speaking, Christian European culture. […]