Revised and expanded edition of the author's 1988 publication, "Jamestown Commitment".
"With her wonderful story-telling style, [the author] traces the complex history of the American Indian/Native Alaskan communities as they encountered the Anglican Communion over many generations across the North American continent". -- Foreword, p. [vii].
Includes bibliography: p. [367]-380 and index.
Includes index.
Contents: Foreword / Steven Charleston -- Preface dated Epiphany 1997 / Owanah Anderson -- Colonial Efforts to Introduce Anglican "Christian Civility" -- The Anglican/Episcopal Church and the Great Iroquois Confederacy -- Minnesota: Well-Spring of Work in the West -- Niobrara: The Great Sioux Nation -- The North Dakota Mission -- Oklahoma: Too Late with Too Little ! -- The Episcopal Church in Navajoland -- Episcopal Work in the Mountains and Desert -- The Episcopal Church's First 100 Years in Alaska -- Indians in the Cities -- Twentieth Century Southern Revival -- From Survival to Self-Determination: The Last Half of the 20th Century -- Appendix A: Chronology of Anglican/Episcopal Mission to Native Americans in the United States -- Appendix B: A Survey of Native American Episcopal Ministry: 1997 -- Appendix C: Episcopal Council of Indian Ministries [San Jose Declaration] -- Appendix D: Statement of Self-Determination [Winter Talk 1995] -- Selected Bibliography -- About the Author -- Index.
Author is the staff officer for Native American Ministries at the national office of the Episcopal Church and a member of the Choctaw nation.
Revised and expanded edition of the author's 1988 publication, "Jamestown Commitment".
"With her wonderful story-telling style, [the author] traces the complex history of the American Indian/Native Alaskan communities as they encountered the Anglican Communion over many generations across the North American continent". -- Foreword, p. [vii].
Includes bibliography: p. [367]-380 and index.
Includes index.
Contents: Foreword / Steven Charleston -- Preface dated Epiphany 1997 / Owanah Anderson -- Colonial Efforts to Introduce Anglican "Christian Civility" -- The Anglican/Episcopal Church and the Great Iroquois Confederacy -- Minnesota: Well-Spring of Work in the West -- Niobrara: The Great Sioux Nation -- The North Dakota Mission -- Oklahoma: Too Late with Too Little ! -- The Episcopal Church in Navajoland -- Episcopal Work in the Mountains and Desert -- The Episcopal Church's First 100 Years in Alaska -- Indians in the Cities -- Twentieth Century Southern Revival -- From Survival to Self-Determination: The Last Half of the 20th Century -- Appendix A: Chronology of Anglican/Episcopal Mission to Native Americans in the United States -- Appendix B: A Survey of Native American Episcopal Ministry: 1997 -- Appendix C: Episcopal Council of Indian Ministries [San Jose Declaration] -- Appendix D: Statement of Self-Determination [Winter Talk 1995] -- Selected Bibliography -- About the Author -- Index.
Author is the staff officer for Native American Ministries at the national office of the Episcopal Church and a member of the Choctaw nation.
Revised and expanded edition of the author's 1988 publication, "Jamestown Commitment".
"With her wonderful story-telling style, [the author] traces the complex history of the American Indian/Native Alaskan communities as they encountered the Anglican Communion over many generations across the North American continent". -- Foreword, p. [vii].
Includes bibliography: p. [367]-380 and index.
Includes index.
Contents: Foreword / Steven Charleston -- Preface dated Epiphany 1997 / Owanah Anderson -- Colonial Efforts to Introduce Anglican "Christian Civility" -- The Anglican/Episcopal Church and the Great Iroquois Confederacy -- Minnesota: Well-Spring of Work in the West -- Niobrara: The Great Sioux Nation -- The North Dakota Mission -- Oklahoma: Too Late with Too Little ! -- The Episcopal Church in Navajoland -- Episcopal Work in the Mountains and Desert -- The Episcopal Church's First 100 Years in Alaska -- Indians in the Cities -- Twentieth Century Southern Revival -- From Survival to Self-Determination: The Last Half of the 20th Century -- Appendix A: Chronology of Anglican/Episcopal Mission to Native Americans in the United States -- Appendix B: A Survey of Native American Episcopal Ministry: 1997 -- Appendix C: Episcopal Council of Indian Ministries [San Jose Declaration] -- Appendix D: Statement of Self-Determination [Winter Talk 1995] -- Selected Bibliography -- About the Author -- Index.
Author is the staff officer for Native American Ministries at the national office of the Episcopal Church and a member of the Choctaw nation.
"The missionaries played an integral part in the transition of the Northwest from nomadic fur trading economy to settled agricultural economy" (p. 19). "In 1822 ... [t]he CMS became the dominant evangelical force working among the Indians of the Northwest" (p. 20). "In December 1850 Henry Budd was ordained priest. This marked the beginning of a native Anglican ministry not only in Rupert's Land but on the North American continent. In 1853 the Reverend James Settee, the second native Indian was ordained. .... Each of these men was a product of [the Reverend John] West's schools system and the appropriate theological school as designated by the Bishop" (p. 25). "There were no clear cut 'Indian' and 'white' periods of missionary work. In the half-century following 1820 the accent was on missions to Indians but much time and effort went into 'servicing' the whites at the Company's posts. After 1870, interest, planning, and effort were directed increasingly to the place of Indians in the nascent agricultural society, the work of the churches on reserves, and the role of the church among the new immigrants" (p. 28). "The most important direct contribution made by the missionaries was the introduction of education and of agricultural practices. The tragedy is that so little time and effort went to strengthen the Indian heritage, and to aiding the Indian to adapt to new conditions" (p. 29). "[T]he CMS, indeed the Anglican effort as a whole, did more than set up schools and hospitals. It helped develop an understanding of Indian languages. .... The CMS developed a policy calling for the establishment of independent, self-supporting native churches headed by native leaders. When Bishop [David] Anderson left the Northwest in 1864 there were eight Indian and mixed-blood ordinands out of a total of twenty. There was an even longer list of native catechists and school teachers. The tradition of Indian leaders in Anglican communities was well established" (p. 30).
"In the following pages I discuss six controversies that I think are central to the history of the Anglican Church in Canada. I have given one chapter to each controversy, and each chapter includes not only an historical essay but also a few essential historical documents so that readers can grasp the historical flavor of Anglican life and thought in Canada" (p. [xi]). "I hope that this book will provisionally fill the need for a short survey history of the Anglican Church of Canada until something better comes along, something that looks at social history, worship, music, art and architecture, finance, models of pastoral care, the diversity of ministry, and so on. The last survey history, and probably the only one a reader would to consult now, is Archbishop Philip Carrington's `The Anglican Church in Canada', but that was published as long ago as 1963. Although it is readable and full of personality and has the merit of being structured as a chronological narrative, its statements of fact are not always reliable, and it focuses, in the old manner, on bishops and a few great clergy. Moreover, it downplays the conflicts that ordinary Anglicans experienced, the very realities that this book presents as being key to Anglican identity" (p. xii). -- Preface.
Contents: Series Editor's Preface / Peter W. Williams -- Preface -- Introduction -- Questions about Missionary Work -- Questions about the Church's Role in Society -- Questions about Church Governance -- Questions about Anglican Church Style -- Questions about the Church in the Modern World -- Questions about Gender in Anglican Life -- Epilogue -- Documents -- Bibliographic Essay.
Author is a priest of the Anglican Church of Canada and professor of Church History at Wycliffe College in Toronto.
"I was approached by the Program Committee of the Anglican Church of Canada to undertake this assignment shortly after the Canadian Conference on Church and Society, held in Montreal in May, 1968. The theme of the Conference was 'Christian Conscience and Poverty' and during the Conference I talked with Indians, Metis and Eskimos. I became acutely aware that the native people of Canada are in serious trouble. .... This present action-oriented analysis is based on the assumption that the Anglican Church of Canada can make a substantial, strategic and significant contribution in relation to the needs, human resources and potential development of the native peoples of Canada. .... In this Report we look briefly at Canada's native people and some of the forces that have shaped them: we list some of the things the churches and the nation have done and some of the things they have failed to do; and we offer recommendations for action." -- Intro.
Contents: Introduction -- Acknowledgements / Charles E. Hendry -- Part One: The situation of Canada's native peoples -- The relationship of Western European missionaries to non-European peoples -- Value orientation re-examined -- Part Two: Anglican involvement in perspective -- Current policy and program orientation -- Missionary syndrome -- Part Three: Goals, strategies and tactics for change -- Implications for The Anglican Church of Canada -- Patterns for action: specific steps to implement change -- Part Four: Recommendations -- Appendix A: Specific Steps (Emphasis on the planning process) -- Appendix B: The Breakdown of Tribal Culture: A.D. 1769-1820 / George Irving Quimby -- Appendix C: A Position Paper Concerning the Stance of the Anglican Church to Indian Work, Prepared for Discussion Purposes dated 9 May 1966 / Edward W. Scott -- References.
William Carpenter Bompas (1834-1906) was ordained Deacon 1859, Priest 1865. Curate in Lincolnshire, England, 1859-1863. CMS Missionary in Yukon, 1866-1874; Bishop of Athabasca (First), 1874-1884; Bishop of MacKenzie River (First), 1884-1891; Bishop of Selkirk (First), 1891-1905. He married Charlotte Selina Cox (1830-1918) in May 1874.
Scope and Content
Reel 1 - Microfilm consists of correspondence between W.C. Bompas and H.A. Naylor; W.C. Bompas and R.J. Bowen; and Mrs. C.S. Bompas and the Rev. and Mrs. H.A. Naylor.
Finding Aids
Finding aid available. See Microfilm collections - Diocese of Montreal.