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Dude, if we just didn't have Christian straight up utopia. Like, please rapture and leave the sane people behind.
The american natives of the great lakes region were considered some of the sharpest orators the missionaries have ever witnessed. A number of them also didn't have rigid hierarchies and believed in the importance of individual freedom. The Dawn of Everything speaks a lot about some of their civic/social beliefs.
Speaking of which, can anyone point me to resources on those early missionaries' records on the natives?
This page references several works by French missionaries: https://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/explorers/www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/explorers/h24-1430-e.html
I could easily find the first mentioned book "Le Grand Voyage du pays des Hurons". A scan of what I think is the original book: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k109515f/f2.item There also exists an English translation, but I couldn't find a free version of that one.
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