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by | Sep 11, 2019 | Ask the Marshall, Departments

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Did early American Indians believe in God?  Patricia Woodruff Barrington, New Jersey All tribes had religion—most of them very specific to their group and its historical and cultural experiences. Most were polytheistic—they had several gods. When whites came to this continent, priests and others tried to convert the Indians to Christianity, often at the point of a gun. This caused resentment that still lasts today. As time went on, some American Indians adopted Christianity on their own.


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