In this interdisciplinary collection of essays, Joel W. Martin and Mark A. Nicholas gather emerging and leading voices in the study of Native American religion to reconsider the complex and often misunderstood history of Native peoples' engagement with Christianity and with Euro-American missionaries. Surveying mission encounters from contact through the mid-nineteenth century, the volume alters and enriches our understanding of both American Christianity and indigenous religion.

The essays here explore a variety of postcontact identities, including indigenous Christians, "mission...

This collection of selected documents of origin stories, treaties, firsthand accounts, and images introduces students to Native North America across diverse demographic, cultural, social, religious, and geographical boundaries from pre-contact through the 21st century.