Praying Indian is a 17th-century term referring to Native Americans of New England, New York, Ontario, and Quebec who converted to Christianity either...
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Praying with Anger is a 1992 independent drama film directed by M. Night Shyamalan, who made his directorial debut. Shyamalan also wrote, produced, and...
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Philip's War from 1675 to 1678, many praying towns were depopulated, in part due to the forced internment of praying Indians on Deer Island, many of whom died...
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The Praying Indians of Natick were a community of Indigenous Christian converts, known as Praying Indians, in the town of Natick, Massachusetts, one of...
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Massachusett (section Praying towns (1651–1675))
recruit some of the Praying Indians as scouts, guides and to fill the ranks of the colonial militia, with a regiment of Praying Indians, including many Massachusett...
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John Alderman, also known as Isaac and Antoquan, was a Wampanoag praying Indian who shot and killed the Native American leader Metacomet (King Philip)...
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The Praying Indians of Natick and Ponkapoag is a cultural heritage group that claims descendancy from Praying Indians in Massachusetts, including the...
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Operation Praying Mantis was the 18 April 1988 attack by the United States on Iranian naval targets in the Persian Gulf in retaliation for the mining...
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funds from England's Long Parliament to settle the Massachusett Indians called Praying Indians on both sides of the Charles River, on land deeded from the...
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replaced by Cardinal Richelieu as the French king's chief advisor. 1676 – Praying Indian John Alderman shoots and kills Metacomet, the Wampanoag war chief, ending...
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Massachusetts Route 2. At one point, Littleton, Massachusetts, was known as the Praying Indian town of Nashoba. The hill that today is Nashoba Valley Ski Area is called...
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Littleton Common, Massachusetts. Littleton was the site of the sixth Praying Indian village established by John Eliot in 1645 consisting of mainly Native...
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there were 14 towns of so-called "Praying Indians", the best documented being at Natick, Massachusetts. Other praying Indian towns included: Littleton (Nashoba)...
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Narragansett people (redirect from Narragansett Indian Tribe)
for religious conversion collided with Indian resistance. In 1675, John Sassamon, a converted "Praying Indian", was found bludgeoned to death in a pond...
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Twitter praying for him?". BBC News. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019. "Nesamani memes trending on Twitter: 'Pray For Nesamani'...
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King Philip's War (redirect from First Indian War)
Sassamon was a Native convert to Christianity, commonly referred to as a "praying Indian." He played a key role as a cultural mediator, negotiating with both...
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she has had in the past, Kesha said that "Praying" is about hoping that anyone, even abusers, can heal. "Praying" was written to showcase the singer's vocal...
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rangers led by Captain Benjamin Church, King Philip was fatally shot by a praying Indian named John Alderman, on August 12, 1676, in the Miery Swamp near Mount...
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the Natick Praying Town founded in 1651. Natick may also refer to: Natick language, another name for the Massachusett language Praying Indians of Natick...
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Indian language in exchange for learning English and the Christian way of life. In 1651, Eliot established Natick as the first praying town. Praying towns...
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Nipmuc (redirect from Pegan Indians)
Backed by the colonial government, he established several "Indian plantations" or praying towns, where Native Americans were coerced to settle and be...
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of the town. The proximate cause of the conflict was the death of a Praying Indian named John Sassamon in 1675. Sassamon had been an advisor and friend...
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beans and squash. In the early 1600s, Praying Indians (natives who converted to Christianity) were settled into Praying Towns. Wacentug and Rice City held...
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Stockbridge–Munsee Community (redirect from Stockbridge Indians)
so-called "praying Indians" (or Moravian Indians), descended from Christianized members of two distinct groups: Mohican and Wappinger from the praying town...
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Milton, Massachusetts before becoming one of the first leaders of the praying Indian town of Natick, Massachusetts. He is the possible namesake of Jamaica...
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Hassanamisco Nipmuc (redirect from Hassanamisco Indian Indian Reservation)
Eliot created seven "praying towns. The present day Hassanamisco Reservation located in Grafton, Massachusetts, was briefly a praying town in 1728 when it...
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Chaubunagungamaug Reservation (category American Indian reservations in Massachusetts)
advocating for the Indians and teaching them literacy, settled Indian converts, known as 'Praying Indians,' in these communities. The Praying towns fell under...
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Natick Praying Indians. The Natick Selectmen voted just before Thanksgiving 2020 to allow the burial in what is now known as the Natick Praying Indian Burial...
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one of them, viz. Sampson, was slain in fight, by some scouts of our praying Indians, about Watchuset; and the other, Joseph, taken prisoner in Plymouth...
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from the town of Billericay in Essex, England. In the early 1630s, a Praying Indian village named Shawshin was at the current site of Billerica, commonly...
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