{"id":256,"date":"2017-09-11T18:38:30","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T22:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storynations.utoronto.ca\/?p=256"},"modified":"2018-06-16T11:09:52","modified_gmt":"2018-06-16T15:09:52","slug":"heathen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storynations.utoronto.ca\/index.php\/heathen\/","title":{"rendered":"Heathen"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"pop-up-title\">Heathen<\/h1>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2231\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2231\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/storynations.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/detail-of-0499_ojibway-bible.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2231 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/storynations.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/detail-of-0499_ojibway-bible-300x278.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storynations.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/detail-of-0499_ojibway-bible-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/storynations.utoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/detail-of-0499_ojibway-bible.jpg 455w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Gospel according to St. Matthew: English and Ojibway Versions in Parallel Readings. Courtesy of York Auxiliary Bible Society.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In Du Vernet\u2019s diary, the word heathen operates as an important marker of difference by distinguishing the Christian Ojibwe from other Ojibwe.\u00a0 Though he thought these people\u2019s \u201csouls needed saving,\u201d the diary also provides evidence that Ojibwe ceremony, including the Midewiwin society, was flourishing in the lives of the Rainy River Ojibwe.<\/p>\n<p>During Du Vernet\u2019s time, missionaries and government officials liberally applied words like \u201cheathen\u201d and \u201cpagan\u201d to Indigenous persons in missionary and government reports. 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