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Missionaries Changing Views on Indian Beliefs
Missionaries across the Mountain West and Southwest report a shift from paternalism to respect for Indian religious expression. They note past abuses by missions and boarding schools, praise adult to adult dialogue, and stress respecting native culture while offering Christian options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garry J. Moes
Associated Press
Mountain West
American Indian Movement
Vernon Bellecourt
Bellecourt
Norman Jonkman
Christian Reformed Church
Utah
Salt Lake Valley
Jonkman
Gary de Velder
Christian Reformed Church Board of Home Mission
New Mexico
Arizona
de Velder
Dan Eikens
Seventh-day Adventist Mission Hospital
Monument Valley
Red-Rock
Navajo Reservation
Utah-Arizona
Ekkens
Joseph T. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Jay Hiesel
Episcopal School At
St. Christopher's Mission
Bluff
Gerald Mason
Uinta Basin
Hiesel
Father Mason