Louise Sighouin, « morte en odeur de sainteté ». Retour ethnohistorique sur la vie d’une sainte Coeur d’Alene (Idaho, États-Unis)

This essay analyzes the figure of Louise Sighouin, a Coeur d’Alene Indian woman from the 19th century in the light of the tribe’s ethnography and history, as depicted by the Jesuit Father Pierre-Jean Desmet. Desmet and Sighouin met at a very crucial time when the tribe was recuperating from a violen...

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Main Author: Matthieu Charle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2015-11-01
Series:Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/68700