03379nam a22005175i 4500 978-3-031-51780-8 DE-He213 20251030111803.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240403s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031517808 978-3-031-51780-8 10.1007/978-3-031-51780-8 doi E171-183.9 HBJK bicssc HIS036000 bisacsh NHK thema Bunge, Nancy. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 74652 Converting the Missionaries [electronic resource] : The Wheeler Family and the Ojibwe / by Nancy Bunge. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XX, 204 p. 8 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Chapter 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. This 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. United States History. 67655 Indigenous peoples Religion. 69297 America Literatures. 66799 US History. 67657 Indigenous Religion. 69298 North American Literature. 66800 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031517792 Printed edition: 9783031517815 Printed edition: 9783031517822 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51780-8 ZDB-2-HTY ZDB-2-SXH 58916 58916