Comanches and Mennonites on the Oklahoma Plains
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Author
Publication
1997 - Kindred Productions, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA and Hillsboro, Kansas, USA
Language
English
Word Count
47,750 words, Guess
Page Count
191 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivecomanchesmennoni0000kroe
- Internet ArchiveComanchesAndMennonitesOnTheOklahomaPlainsOCRopt
- ISBN-100921788428
- ISBN-139780921788423
- Library of Congress Control Number98108053
and 2 more
- OCLC Control Number36992624
- Open LibraryOL25773335M
Classifications
- LCCBX8143.B39 K76 1997
Description
The hardscrabble western plains of Oklahoma were an unkind place. Barren lands, oppressive heat, unrelenting winds awaited those who would settle there. It was here the Comanche Indians were "placed" by the U.S. government. Into this reservation setting in 1902 stepped a unique couple, Abraham and Magdalena Becker. German-Russian Mennonites with little more than their tenacious, loving spirit to nourish them, the Beckers would become special friends to the Comanches. Stewards of Post Oak Mission, established by the Mennonite Brethren, they shaped a meaningful life of service among these former hunters and warriors. Magdalena Becker emerged as the key figure in the development of this mission into, arguably, the most successful one in western Oklahoma. This study not only provides a thorough account of the evolution of a successful mission among Plains Indians, but also represents a revealing picture of a tribal people coming to terms with the twentieth-century realities of the American West.
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Series Statement
- Perspectives on Mennonite Life and Thought, No. 12
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