Prior to the residential school era it was common for government agents to withhold food from Natives on reservations who refused to convert, then when they caved and converted the rations they were given were often rotten.
This! Not very talked abt but before escalating into mandatory residential schools the federal gov appointed religious agents to control reservation resources which they abuse to force them to go to church. On surface I can see why it’s “odd” natives r Christian, but converting was a survival skill.
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