It certainly has not been only the Roman Catholics who proselytized and pressured the indigenous populations. One of Alaska's most revered missionaries, Sheldon Jackson, is also one of those who were most injurious to the native cultures. Ironically, many of the native people did become converts and are still Presbyterian, generations after. That does not, in my mind, mitigate the harm he did to the families and individuals in his single-minded pursuit of what he felt God required of him.

God save us from all who are absolutely sure of anything! There be dragons.

Ebbie