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The paper looks at how Brian Moore's historical novel "Black Robe" presents a fascinating and complex representation of the engagement between French Jesuit culture and the cultures of the Algonkian and Iroquois peoples in the early history of the country that was to be called Canada. The paper discusses how while the representation of both peoples is complex - indeed, some might say excessively critical - it should be noted that there exist stark differences between Moore's treatment of the two groups. The paper argues that while the Algonkian people are shown in a balanced representation with Moore's novel revealing positive and praiseworthy aspects of Algonkian culture, his representation of the Iroquois is an almost unremittingly negative one of a culture defined by extreme levels of violence.

From the Paper
"Brian Moore's historical novel "Black Robe" presents a fascinating and complex representation of the engagement between French Jesuit culture and the cultures of the Algonkian and Iroquois peoples in the early history of the country that was to be called Canada. In this context, while the representation of both peoples is complex - indeed, some might say excessively critical - it should be noted that there exist stark..."

Tags:literature, english, canadian

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The paper opines that in the novel "Black Robe" by Brian Moore, the term cultural relativism clearly applies to the how Native and non-Native religion and customs are represented. This paper argues that the Algonkian view of the religion and customs of the Normans is based upon a misreading and ignorance which, ironically, is shown to be insightful in some respects as many Algonkian customs and religious attitudes are shown to be comparable, and even superior, to Norman religious practices and customs.

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"In the novel "Black Robe" by Brian Moore, the term cultural relativism clearly applies to how Native and non-Native religion and customs are represented. This essay will argue the thesis that the Algonkian view of the religion and customs of the Normans is based upon a misreading and ignorance which, ironically, is shown to be insightful in some respects as many Algonkian customs and religious attitudes are shown to be comparable, and even superior, to Norman religious practices and customs. It may be argued that one of the most challenging issues in writing a..."

Tags:english, canada, indian

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The main North American tribe most usually associated with the State of Maryland is the Nanticoke, an Algonkian people that lived and still lives in small numbers on both sides of Chesapeake Bay and on the north bank of the Potomac River. This paper looks at the culture of this tribe and a few other smaller tribes. It discusses how they were forced to integrate with the Europeans and how this affected their way of life and, ultimately, their survival.

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"By the years of the American Revolution, the Nanticoke and their related Indian Nations began to experience a rapid decrease in their ability to maintain even trade relations with the Europeans, not to mention the growing numbers of settlers that often forced the native Indians from their homelands within the great woodlands of Maryland. The Nanticokes eventually migrated up the Susquehanna River and resettled in what is now the southern boundaries of the Ohio River Valley. The last Nanticoke immigrants intermingled with the Iroquois Nation and all of their individual cultural identity was lost forever. Today, the remnants of the Nanticoke live along the Indian River in the state of Delaware and the last native speaker of the Nanticoke language died in 1856 which signaled the end of the Nanticoke culture in Maryland."

Tags:nanticoke, algonkian

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The paper analyses how Moore deals with some of the central issues in the relationship between the French and Algonkian and Huron, especially the role of religion, social power, gender and disease. In many respects, Moore's portrayal is very accurate in the context of the historical circumstances of that time.

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The paper argues that Brian Moore provides a more balanced and even-handed depiction of the Iroquois Indians in his novel "Black Robe". The paper describes how with the majority of the book defining the crude and barbarous ways of the Algonkians through the failed missionary ideology of Laforgue, the biased tone of the novel always seems to favor the superior Iroquois.

Tags:robe, black, moore