03055nam a22004335i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001500153072001700168072002300185072001500208100007500223245011100298250001800409264006900427300004200496336002600538337002600564338003600590347002400626505066400650520093301314650002802247650003402275650002602309650001602335650002502351650003102376710003402407773002602441776003602467776003602503776003602539856004602575978-3-031-51780-8DE-He21320251030111803.0cr nn 008mamaa240403s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830315178087 a10.1007/978-3-031-51780-82doi 4aE171-183.9 7aHBJK2bicssc 7aHIS0360002bisacsh 7aNHK2thema1 aBunge, Nancy.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut10aConverting the Missionariesh[electronic resource] :bThe Wheeler Family and the Ojibwe /cby Nancy Bunge.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Springer,c2024.  aXX, 204 p. 8 illus.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda0 aChapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Leonard and Harriet’s Backgrounds Prepare them to Respect the Ojibwe -- Chapter 3. The Wheelers Adjust to the Ojibwe and Each Other -- Chapter 4. Settling in with the Ojibwe at Bad River -- Chpater 5. Trying to Convince the Government to Honor the 1854 Treaty Destroys Leonard Wheeler’s Health -- Chapter 6. The Wheelers Leave Bad River, but Do Not Forget It -- Chapter 7. William Wheeler Synthesizes Ojibwe and Gilded Age Values -- Chpater 8. Hattie Wheeler’s Writing Succeeds when Loyal to the Ojibwe -- Chapter 9. Wheelers Return to the Ojibwe -- Chapter 10. Mary Warren English Tries to Preserve Ojibwe Culture.  aThis book tells the uncommon story of a missionary family in the Midwestern United States, and their interactions with the indigenous Ojibwe. When Leonard and Harriet Wheeler arrived at La Pointe, Wisconsin in July of 1841, hoping to help the Ojibwe understand and accept the value of Christian civility, they did not expect such a profound transformation of their own lives. The Wheelers’ empathy for the Ojibwe not only grew during their twenty-five years of mission work in Northern Wisconsin, much of it spent trying to protect the Ojibwe from predatory whites, it also influenced the lives of their children. Nancy Bunge, a Professor Emerita at Michigan State University, also served as a Senior Fulbright Lecturer in American Literature and Culture at the University of Vienna, the Free University of Brussels, the University of Ghent, and the University of Siegen. She was a visiting scholar at Harvard Divinity School. 0aUnited StatesxHistory. 0aIndigenous peoplesxReligion. 0aAmericaxLiteratures.14aUS History.24aIndigenous Religion.24aNorth American Literature.2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303151779208iPrinted edition:z978303151781508iPrinted edition:z978303151782240uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51780-8