Lakotas, Black Robes, and Holy Women

Lakotas, Black Robes, and Holy Women
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 338
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ISBN-10 : 9780803256484
ISBN-13 : 0803256485
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Download or read book Lakotas, Black Robes, and Holy Women written by Karl Markus Kreis and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: German missionaries played an important role in the early years of the St Francis mission on the Rosebud Reservation, and the Holy Rosary mission on the Pine Ridge Reservation, both in South Dakota. This work presents a collection of eyewitness accounts by German Catholic missionaries among the Lakotas in the late nineteenth century.


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