One cannot understand the transition of power and agency amongst the northern woodlands tribes, without in-depth knowledge of the impact that Catholicism had upon the dynamics of the region. Saint Kateri’s life story encapsulated this major turning point and provides us with an accurately documented snapshot of life on the frontiers of New York and Quebec, during the mid-17th century. You will find the topics of wartime captive assimilation, geopolitical spatial movements, and real-time cultural reorientations to be throughly covered, along with the delicate balancing act of what it means to be truly be Haudenosaunee. An amazing historiographical section is not or be missed, the passion and debate over her legacy started shortly after her death.
New York, Quebec, and The Water Route to The Center of The Worldb 