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Indigenous Kinship, Colonial Texts, and the Contested Space of Early New England
Indigenous Kinship, Colonial Texts, and the Contested Space of Early New England
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Taylor argues that genres like the conversion narrative, the post-sermon question and answer session, and scientific treatisedespite being written in English for European audienceswere jointly created by Indigenous sachems and settlers to facilitate interaction within the contested space of colonial New England. Analyzing the writings of Thomas Shepard, John Eliot, John Winthrop Jr., and Daniel Gookin and the relationships these English Protestants formed with Indigenous leaders like Wequash, Cutshamekin, Cassacinamon, and Waban, this innovative study offers a new approach to early American literatureindicating that Native thought and culture played a profound role in shaping the words and deeds of colonial writers.