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Social Science Native American Studies

Thomas Crosby and the Tsimshian

Small Shoes for Feet Too Large

by (author) Clarence R. Bolt

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1992
Category
Native American Studies, Methodist, Missions
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774804301
    Publish Date
    Jan 1992
    List Price
    $39.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774842860
    Publish Date
    Nov 2011
    List Price
    $34.95

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In Thomas Crobsy and the Tsimshian: Small Shoes for Feet Too Large, Clarence Bolt demonstrates that the Indians were conscious participants in the acculturation and conversion process – as long as this met their goals – and not merely passive receivers of the blessings as typically reported by the missionaries. In order to understand the complexities of Indian-European contact, Bolt argues, one must look at the reasons for the Indians' behaviour as well as those of the Europeans. He points out that the Indians actively influenced the manner in which their relationships with the white population developed, often resulting in a complex interaction in which the values of both groups rubbed off on each other.

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Contributor Notes

Clarence Bolt is an instructor in the Department of History at Camosun College.

Editorial Reviews

Explains how the Tsimshian people of northwest British Columbia took an active part in their contact with European society in the later 19th century, rejecting one missionary and requesting another, shaping their acculturation to further their own interest, and resisting it when it did not.

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