tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post4015089731762923277..comments2024-01-02T15:37:04.858-05:00Comments on Caravana de recuerdos: The Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story from Early AmericaRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-6381568940027695602012-04-20T23:19:23.417-04:002012-04-20T23:19:23.417-04:00I'm relieved to hear that you've been enjo...I'm relieved to hear that you've been enjoying the occasional history forays, Scott. More are coming whether anybody likes 'em or not, ha ha, but they don't seem to have a lot of built-in mass appeal. I envy you having been to Deerfield, by the way. It's only about a two-hour drive from where I presently live, but I never really had any reason to visit it until I read Demos' book. Hear it's a very scenic area, too. Cheers!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-38968167995190651512012-04-20T17:23:56.501-04:002012-04-20T17:23:56.501-04:00I know of this story from having once visited Deer...I know of this story from having once visited Deerfield, where it was apparently still very much a part of the local lore. It's a fascinating topic, and sounds like a rewarding treatment of it. I've been enjoying your periodic forays into history.seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-40898073011543277622012-04-18T09:06:05.946-04:002012-04-18T09:06:05.946-04:00I'm not really familiar with the syncretism or...I'm not really familiar with the syncretism or symbiosis debate in cultural anthropology, but it doesn't take much to see that "bicultural" experiences like Williams' and/or the Kahnawake people's in general would be exceedingly complex and rich from an anthropological point of view. By the way, I took the liberty of updating my post to incorporate much of the information shared with you above earlier. Thanks for the push!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-19334055931765583542012-04-18T07:02:31.695-04:002012-04-18T07:02:31.695-04:00Sounds very interesting. In cultural anthropology ...Sounds very interesting. In cultural anthropology there is always this debate whether a phenomenon like this can be called syncretism or it's just a symbiosis. It's quite interesting to look at it in detail.Carolinehttp://beautyisasleepingcat.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-79707516410210719622012-04-17T11:56:38.248-04:002012-04-17T11:56:38.248-04:00I don't know of any movies with themes similar...I don't know of any movies with themes similar to this other than maybe <em>Little Big Man</em>, which isn't all that similar from what I remember of it and is based on a novel anyway. Very interesting to hear about your master's thesis in more detail, though--what a fascinating topic! I couldn't find a way to work it into my post succinctly alas, but Demos spends a wonderful chapter or so talking about how many of the native Kahnawake religious practices persisted long after the tribe's conversion to Christianity. He shares that a priest who lived at the settlement for several years, one Joseph François Lafitau, wrote a book called <em>Moeurs des Sauvages Amériquains Comparées aux Moeurs des Premiers Temps</em> in which he described seeing ecstatic "shamans," use of "charms and fetishes" for healing purposes, "divination by dreams," "villagers perform[ing] gestures of libation," and "elaborate" dancing festivities that would last days and nights (these quotes appear on pp. 153-154 of Demos' book). Totally engrossing stuff.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-27424896307611304942012-04-17T06:47:09.865-04:002012-04-17T06:47:09.865-04:00This sounds so familiar. Isn't there a movie w...This sounds so familiar. Isn't there a movie with a similar theme? <br />I would be interested in his witchcraft book. My master's thesis was about the fetishs (nkisis) of the Congo region and how they were misinterpreted by the Europeans ( based on European witchcraft concepts). Very interesting. One researcher I read said that one religion's God(s) often became the next one's (chronologically next) devil. <br />Contact is an interesting topic. "Catholic Mohawk Iroquois" is slightly puzzling...Carolinehttp://beautyisasleepingcat.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com