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Through Orthodox Eyes - Russian Missionary Narratives of Travels to the Dena'ina and Ahtna 1850s-1930s (Paperback)
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Through Orthodox Eyes - Russian Missionary Narratives of Travels to the Dena'ina and Ahtna 1850s-1930s (Paperback)
Series: Rasmuson Library Historical Translation Series, 13
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Through Orthodox Eyes brings into English an important collection
of translations of Russian missionary writings that shed new light
on the spread of Orthodox Christianity among the
Athabaskan-speaking peoples of the Cook Inlet, Iliamna, Lake Clark,
Stony River, and Copper River areas. These records provide unique
insights into Russian perceptions of Native societies in Alaska,
and include new ethnographic information on Athabaskan seasonal
hunting and fishing cycles, settlement patters, migration,
demography, shamanism, marriage practices, relationships between
Natives and miners, and alcohol abuse. Andrei Znamenski, who
translated this collection, also offers a new and substantial
interpretive chapter that is itself a major contribution to the
literature. Placing these events into a historical perspective, he
describes nineteenth-century Athabaskan society and interactions
between Native peoples and the Russian and American settlers. His
sociocultural and religious discussions are multifaceted, showing
the complex process of religious development through which the
Athabaskans turned Russian Orthodoxy into their Native church. In
addition to his analysis of their writing, Znamenski looks into the
biographies and intellectual backgrounds of individual Orthodox
missionaries and Native lay leaders, expanding the ability of
readers to interpret their texts, actions, opinions, and lives. The
importance of the translations, together with Znamenski's
historical work, make this volume invaluable to scholars of Russian
American, Alaska Native, and religious history, as well as
intriguing for readers interested in first-hand accounts of this
formative period in Alaska history.
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