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Article: Alfred A. Cave. Prophets of the Great Spirit: Native American Revitalization Movements in Eastern North America.(Book review)
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- Michigan Historical Review
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- March 22, 2007
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Alfred A. Cave. Prophets of the Great Spirit: Native American Revitalization Movements in Eastern North America. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2006. Pp. 328. Bibliography. Index. Notes. Cloth, $27.95.
In the 1760s the report of a series of prophetic visions that marked an important transformation in the religious life of the region's First Peoples raced through the villages and mission communities of western Pennsylvania. Whereas in former times the Great Spirit had stood aloof from human affairs, in the visions of men like Neolin, the Delaware prophet, the Great Spirit frowned upon the miseries that had followed European colonization and showed his ...