Dakota Cross-Bearer
The Life and World of a Native American Bishop
Dakota Cross-Bearer
The Life and World of a Native American Bishop
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Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803264458
Number of Pages: 252
Published: 01/04/2004
Dakota Cross-Bearer is the story of Harold S. Jones, a Dakota Indian born in 1909 and raised on the Santee Reservation in Nebraska, who rose through the ranks of the Episcopal Church to become the first Native bishop of a Christian church. Jones's biography sheds light on the importance of Christianity for the Dakotas and other Native peoples during the twentieth century. His story yields insights into the history of twentieth-century missionary activity among Native communities and illuminates instances of conflict and discrimination within the Episcopal Church, the processes of clerical training and testing, and the demands of constant relocation.
"Mary E. Cochran's Dakota Cross-Bearer demonstrates the best elements of good historic biography ... [and] has made a major contribution to our understanding of religion and Native American identity."-North Dakota History North Dakota History "Cochran's prose reads well and Jones's inspirational life makes a compelling subject ... the book provides an engaging account of a Christian Dakota negotiating twentieth-century America."-Todd M. Kerstetter, Nebraska History -- Todd M. Kerstetter Nebraska History "Reading the account will bring tears for this is a very readable biography, written with all the suspense and emotion found in good fiction, but seldom in nonfiction."-Roundup Magazine Roundup Magazine
