Mary Rowlandson, a minister’s wife and a white woman captured by a neighboring Indian tribe detailed her experiences during her captivity. These events, real or exaggerated, relate to and contradict the colonists’ activities and religious trends in the New World. Using Rowlandson, the sermons posted on Blackboard, the Native Americans on Long Island book (via Google Books), the movie Pocahontas, and the class text and notes discuss how Rowlandson’s account either contradicts, blends in with, or defends the religious awakenings in the New World (i.e., Salem Witchcraft and The Great Awakening). Moreover, look at these different accounts, fictionalizations, and created national memories to discuss the role of Native Americans in the American psyche.
