Oblates and Nation-building in Alberta

• Published in: Religious Studies and Theology
• Main Author: Caufield, Catherine
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Equinox Publishing 2014
• Subjects: Canada; Indian; Sainte-Anne; First Nations
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/rsth.v32i2.145; https://journal.equinoxpub.com/RST/article/download/1314/1337

This article places the work of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, particularly residential schools, within the context of independence movements and nation-building of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. As sociopolitical change became manifestly evident from early in the nin...