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SHAMANISM AND CHRISTIANITY Recent Titles in Contributions to the Study of World History Town Origins and Development in Early England, c. 400-950 A.D. Daniel G. Russo The Identity of Geneva: The Christian Commonwealth, 1564-1864 John B. Roney and Martin I. Klauber, editors Losing a Continent: France's North American Policy, 1753-1763 Frank W. Brecher "Gone Native" in Polynesia: Captivity Narratives and Experiences from the South Pacific /. C. Campbell The Jacobean Union: A Reconsideration of British Civil Policies under the Early Stuarts Andrew D. Nicholls Ireland's Children: Quality of Life, Stress, and Child Development in the Famine Era Thomas E. Jordan In Search of Woodrow Wilson: Beliefs and Behavior Robert M. Saunders Opposition Beyond the Water's Edge: Liberal Internationalists, Pacifists and Containment, 1945-1953 E. Timothy Smith Ethnic Cleansing in the USSR, 1937-1949 J Otto Pohl Populist Nationalism: Republican Insurgency and American Foreign Policy Making, 1918-1925 Karen A. J. Miller Uneasy Alliance: Relations Between Russia and Kazakhstan in the Post-Soviet Era, 1992-1997 Mikhail Alexandrov The Maori and the Crown: An Indigenous People's Struggle for Self-Determination DoraAlves SHAMANISM AND CHRISTIANITY Native Encounters with Russian Orthodox Missions in Siberia and Alaska, 1820-1917 ANDREI A. ZNAMENSKI Contributions to the Study of World History, Number 70 GREENWOOD PRESS Westport, Connecticut • London In order to keep this title in print and available to the academic community, this edition was produced using digital reprint technology in a relatively short print run. This would not have been attainable using traditional methods. Although the cover has been changed from its original appearance, the text remains the same and all materials and methods used still conform to the highest book-making standards. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Znamenski, Andrei A., 1960— Shamanism and Christianity : native encounters with Russian Orthodox missions in Siberia and Alaska, 1820-1917 / Andrei A. Znamenski. p. cm.—(Contributions to the study of world history, ISSN 0885-9159 ; no. 70) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-313-30960-4 (alk. paper) 1. Siberia (Russia)—Missions—History. 2. Chukchi—Missions— History. 3. Ural-Altaic peoples—Missions—Russia (Federation)— Siberia—History. 4. Russkaîa pravoslavnaia tserkov—Missions— Russia (Federation)—Siberia—History. 5. Alaska—Missions— History. 6. Dena'ina Indians—Missions—History. 7. Russkaia pravoslavnaia tserkov—Missions—Alaska—History. I. Title. II. Series. BV3475.2.Z53 1999 266M9798—<ic21 99-11265 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright © 1999 by Andrei A. Znamenski All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 99-11265 ISBN: 0-313-30960-4 ISSN: 0885-9159 First published in 1999 Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. www.greenwood.com Printed in the United States of America <oo) The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984). Dedicated to the Memory of my brother, Leonid Znamenski and my mentor, Professor Gerald Thompson Contents List of Illustrations and Maps ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. Indigenous Landscapes in Siberia and Alaska 15 2. Missionary Landscapes in Siberia and Alaska 47 3. Orthodoxy Becomes a Native Faith: Dena'ina Encounters with Russian Missionaries, 1849-1917 95 4. "Unresponsive Natives": Chukchi Dialogues with the Russian Mission, 1840s-1917 139 5. Dialogues about Spirit and Power: Altaian Natives and the Russian Orthodox Mission, 1828-1917 193 Conclusion 253 Glossary 265 Bibliography 273 Index 299
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