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Author Lopenzina, Drew, author

Title Through an Indian's looking-glass : a cultural biography of William Apess, Pequot / Drew Lopenzina
Published Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 293 pages) : illustrations
Series Native Americans of the Northeast
Native Americans of the Northeast.
Contents Introduction. Negative work -- The baskets copy our stories -- Birthright, bondage, and beyond -- The broad theater of the world -- "And they held all things in common" -- Becoming a son of the forest -- Indian preacher -- The bizarre theater of empire -- Conclusion. "He possessed the real traits of the Indian character" -- Appendix: Memorial of the Marshpee Indians, January 1834
Summary "The life of William Apess (1789-1839), a Pequot Indian, Methodist preacher, and widely celebrated writer, provides a lens through which to comprehend the complex dynamics of indigenous survival and resistance in the era of America's early nationhood. Apess's life intersects with multiple aspects of indigenous identity and existence in this period, including indentured servitude, slavery, service in the armed forces, syncretic engagements with Christian spirituality, and Native struggles for political and cultural autonomy. Even more, Apess offers a powerful and provocative voice for the persistence of Native presence in a time and place that was long supposed to have settled its "Indian question" in favor of extinction. Through meticulous archival research, close readings of Apess's key works, and informed and imaginative speculation about his largely enigmatic life, Drew Lopenzina provides a vivid portrait of this singular Native American figure. This new biography will sit alongside Apess's own writing as vital reading for those interested in early America and indigeneity."--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-288) and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed January 11, 2019)
Subject Apess, William, 1798-1839.
SUBJECT Apess, William, 1798-1839
Apess, William, 1798-1839 fast
Apess, William 1798-1839 gnd
Subject Indians, Treatment of -- New England
Mashpee Indians -- History
Methodist Church -- New England -- Clergy -- Biography
Indians of North America -- New England.
Pequot Indians -- Biography
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Indians of North America
Indians, Treatment of
Mashpee Indians
Methodist Church -- Clergy
Military participation -- Indian
Pequot Indians
SUBJECT United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Participation, Indian
Subject New England
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016047359
ISBN 9781613764954
1613764952
Other Titles Cultural biography of William Apess, Pequot