The Betrayal of Faith

The Tragic Journey of a Colonial Native Convert

Emma Anderson

  • 2008 Alf Andrew Heggoy Prize, French Colonial Historical Society
  • 2008 Best First Book in the History of Religions Award, American Academy of Religion

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Prologue: Pierre-Anthoine Pastedechouan, Voyager between Worlds

1. "Thy God Has Not Come to Our Country": Innu Childhood

2. "Do Not Take Me Back to Those Beasts Who Do Not Know God": Transformation in France

3. "I Have Not a Mind Strong Enough to Remain Firm": Religious Ambivalence

4. "God Has Let His Thunderbolts Fall": Apostasy and Death in the Canadian Woods

5. Pastedechouan's Legacy

Note on Sources and Method

Notes

Bibliography

Index

  • Cover: The Betrayal of Faith
  • A photo of the author

Photo by Mark Anderson

Emma Anderson is Assistant Professor of North American Religious History, University of Ottawa.