
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 political consciousness among the Native peoples of New England as well as Native efforts to adapt Christianity as a tool of decolonialization. Presenting previously unpublished and newly recovered writings, this collection more than doubles available Native American writing from before 1800.
This collection investigates the intellectual and political contributions of Samson Occom, a Mohegan leader whose writings provide a critical perspective on Native American life during the eighteenth century. The volume compiles the largest surviving archive of Occom's work, including letters, sermons, journals, and petitions, to demonstrate his role in shaping pantribal political consciousness and his strategic use of Christianity as a mechanism for decolonialization.
What You Will Find
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Scholars identify this volume as a foundational resource for understanding early Native American intellectual history and the complexities of colonial-era indigenous leadership. The text is frequently cited for its archival significance in expanding the known corpus of pre-1800 American Indian writing.
Page Count:
474
Publication Date:
2006-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0190291052
ISBN-13:
9780190291051
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