Samson Occom : collected writings from a founder of Native American literature
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
Biographies
1 online resource (445 pages)
9781280704383, 9780195346886, 9781429421447, 1280704381, 0195346882, 1429421444
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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
English