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Education in John Eliot's Indian Utopias, 1646–1675

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2017

Norman Earl Tanis
Norman Earl Tanis*
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San Fernando Valley State College of Northridge, California
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The early educational efforts of Massachusetts in establishing the publicly supported school are a well-known chapter in the history of American education. Not so well known are the missionary attempts carried on by the Puritan clergy to educate the Indians inhabiting the Massachusetts Bay Colony. One such effort was begun by John Eliot in 1646. Eliot had no narrow vision of quickly converting his copper-colored brethren, when in October 1646, he applied at the entrance to the wigwam of the Indian Waauban. Yet, even he did not envision the huge program which resulted in founding 14 Indian villages, complete with their own unique form of government and educational system. In effect, these villages became centers of adult education, making the Indians as much like their Puritan neighbors as was possible.

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Education in Colonial New England II
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History of Education Quarterly , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , Fall 1970 , pp. 308 - 323
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Copyright © 1970 History of Education Quarterly 

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