The Oblate Assault on Canada's Northwest
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The first Oblates to come to Canada arrived in December 1841. Within four years of landing in Montreal, two Oblates beached their canoes in Red River, inaugurating an epic story of the evangelization of Canada's North and West.
Using a military analogy of assault and conquest, Choquette examines the Oblate missionaries' work in Canada's Northwest during the nineteenth century. Presented as a conquest aimed at the liberation of Canada's aboriginal population, this saga frequently resulted in their subjugation to white Euro-Canadian society. Exploring the extremely rapid expansion of the Oblate missions has also meant the simultaneous study of the love-hate relationship between Catholics and Protestants in Canada, given that both were vying for control of the Northwest. Furthermore, given that the Catholics were French, and the Protestants English, this book deals with French-English relations in the Northwest, and with the relationships between religion and culture in a conflictual setting. Choquette's work is based primarily on extensive research in ecclesiastical archives of the Catholic Church, of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, and of the Hudson's Bay Company.Filling a serious void in the area of Church history in the Canadian West, this study constitutes a valuable contribution for those interested in the history of religion in Canada, the history of Canada, the history of native peoples, and the history of Western Canada.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0776604023
ISBN13:9780776604022
Release Date:January 1995
Publisher:University of Ottawa Press
Length:274 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
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