Dissolving Views: The Tsimshian Community of Metlakatla

England’s Church Missionary Society sent missionary William Duncan to Victoria, BC in 1856. His task was to convert the native Tsimshian who lived in the Fort Simpson area to Christianity. Grouped together with other historical accounts of the conversion of indigenous peoples, the story of Metlakatl...

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Main Author: Madsen, Emily (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2020]
In: Material religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 16, Issue: 5, Pages: 541-562
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Church Mission Society / Metlakatla / Tsimshian Indians / Conversion (Religion) / Cultic object / Material popular culture
IxTheo Classification:BB Indigenous religions
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
KBQ North America
RJ Mission; missiology
Further subjects:B Material Religion
B Metlakatla
B Alaska
B Conversion
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)