{"product_id":"sacred-encounters-father-de-smet-and-the-indians-of-the-rocky-mountain-west-paperback","title":"Sacred Encounters: Father de Smet and the Indians of the Rocky Mountain West - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJacqueline Peterson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLaura Peers\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor nearly 350 years after Columbus's landing, the remote Northern Rocky mountain homeland of the Flathead and Coeur d'Alene tribes remained a safe haven, virtually unmapped and unexplored by whites. But heralded by Indian prophecies and a request for missionaries, in 1841, the Belgian-born Jesuit Pierre-Jean De Smet arrived among the Flathead, or Salish, in western Montana. His dream of founding an empire of Christian Indians sparked instead a confrontation and dialogue between two sacred worlds: an invasion of the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn full color, with two hundred illustrations, \u003cem\u003eSacred Encounters \u003c\/em\u003ecaptures on the page the emotional tension, \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003edrama, and multiple voices of the exhibition of the same\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003etitle. With the collaboration of more than one hundred Native American, Jesuit, curatorial, and academic consultants, \u003cem\u003eSacred Encounters \u003c\/em\u003ebridges the fine arts, history, and ethnography to evoke the ongoing dialogue between Christianity and traditional Indian belief that produced new ways of life and new ways of believing for native and newcomer alike.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmong the illustrations are photographs of newly discovered drawings and watercolors by Jesuit artist Nicolas Point; maps by De Smet and Indian mapmakers; rare battle drawings by the Salish warrior Five Crows; and mid nineteenth-century Plateau and Plains Indian artifacts associated with the travels of De Smet, the Audubon expedition, fur trader Robert Campbell, and Canadian artist Paul Kane.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 194\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 11.06 x 9.81 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757636714784,"sku":"9780806125763","price":32.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/36e6c34bc7bdda9d4fc3d268bfa3a78b.webp?v=1780107544","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sacred-encounters-father-de-smet-and-the-indians-of-the-rocky-mountain-west-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}