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This unique collaboration by academic historians, Oneida elders, and Episcopal clergy tells the fascinating story of how the oldest Protestant mission and house of worship in the upper Midwest took root in the Oneida community. Personal bonds that developed between the Episcopal clergy and the Wisconsin Oneidas proved more important than theology in allowing the community to accept the Christian message brought by outsiders. Episcopal bishops and missionaries in Wisconsin were at times defenders of the Oneidas against outside whites attempting to get at their lands and resources. At other times, these clergy initiated projects that the Oneidas saw as beneficial—a school, a hospital, or a lace-making program for Oneida women that provided a source of income and national recognition for their artistry. The clergy incorporated the Episcopal faith into an Iroquoian cultural and religious framework—the Condolence Council ritual—that had a longstanding history among the Six Nations. In turn, the Oneidas modified the very form of the Episcopal faith by using their own language in the Gloria in Excelsis and the Te Deum as well as by employing Oneida in their singing of Christian hymns.
Christianity continues to have real meaning for many American Indians. The Wisconsin Oneidas and the Episcopal Church testifies to the power and legacy of that relationship.
Contents
Introduction
Part I: Christianity Comes to Oneida Country
Editors' Introduction
Chapter 1: The Oneida World before Christianity (Laurence M. Hauptman)
Chapter 2: Oneidas and Missionaries, 1667-1816 (Karim Tiro)
Chapter 3: Flawed Shepherd: Eleazer Williams, John Henry Hobart, and the Episcopal Mission
to the Oneidas (Michael Oberg)
Part II: The Oneida Episcopal Mission: The First Century in Wisconsin
Editors' Introduction
Chapter 4: Another Leatherstocking Tale: Susan Fenimore Cooper, the Episcopal Church, and
the Oneidas (Laurence M. Hauptman, L. Gordon McLester III, and Judy Cornelius-Hawk)
Chapter 5: A Mission of Mutuality: The Relationship between the Oneidas and the Nashotah
House Theological Seminary (Very Rev. Steven A. Peay)
Chapter 6: Wearing Two Hats: Cornelius Hill and John Archiquette, Oneida Nation and
Episcopal Church Leaders (L. Gordon McLester III and Laurence M. Hauptman)
Chapter 7: The Episcopal Mission 1853-1909: Three Church Accounts
Ellen Saxton Goodnough: Christmas at the Oneida Episcopal Mission, 1869
Father Solomon S. Burleson describes providing medical care at Oneida
Father Frank Wesley Merrill on Missionary Sybil Carter and the Oneida
Women lace-makers, 1899
Part III: Oneida First-Person Accounts of the Episcopal Mission and Its Clergy
Editors' Introduction
Chapter 8: Six Oneidas Recount Eight WPA Oral Histories, 1938-1942, about the Episcopal
Mission (Sarah Cornelius, Guy Elm, Lena Silas, Oscar Archiquette, Pearl House, and David
Skenandore)
Chapter 9: Ten Contemporary Oneidas Reminisce in Nine Accounts about the Holy Apostles Episcopal Church and the Episcopal Mission
Kenneth Hoyan House: Reverend Christian puts me on the Straight Path
Blanche Powless: The Episcopal Mission School
Kathy Powless Hughes: My father Deacon Edmund Powless
Sister Theresa and Mother Superior Alicia: Oneidas in the Order of the
Teachers of the Children of God: Two Nuns reflect on their service to the
Episcopal Church
Pearl Schuyler McLester: Reminiscences of the Oneida Episcopal Mission
Deacon Deborah Heckel: Father R. Dewey Silas
Judy Cornelius: As I remember: The women of the Church of the Holy Apostles
Betty McLester and Judy Skenandore: Oneida lacemaking: then and now
L. Gordon McLester III: The Oneida Indian Hymn Singers
Part IV: Conclusion
Chapter 10: Putting Oneida Episcopal History in Perspective (Christopher Vecsey)
Chapter 11: The Wisconsin Oneidas and the Episcopal Church: Then and Now
Appendix: Episcopal Priests and Bishops Who Have Served the Oneidas in Wisconsin
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