Christian Subversion And Missionary Activities - 6

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[url="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/24/the-missionary-impulse/?hp"]The Missionary Impulse[/url]

Some of the worst damage was done, the tribes will tell you, long after the Indian wars were over, when missionaries moved in. They broke up families, shipping children off to boarding schools where they were shorn of their language, their hair and their culture. They banned tribal customs like the potlatch — where Indians compete to give away gifts — and spirit rituals that had been passed on for centuries.