http://www.acceity.org/2008/12/wisconsins-christmas-past/ A Southwest Wisconsin Blog Mon, 10 Oct 2011 04:00:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.acceity.org/2008/12/wisconsins-christmas-past/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Josh Thu, 25 Dec 2008 05:37:31 +0000 http://www.acceity.org/?p=253#comment-29 I wondered the same thing while writing this post. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find anything in Wisconsin's historic record that revealed a Native American perspective on the holidays, so I can't offer much enlightened discussion on the topic. Certainly different individuals had different reactions. Many were probably curious about (if not necessarily eager to adopt) the newcomer's traditions, and I imagine that most were less upset by the arrival of new ceremonies than they were by the eventual suppression of their own. Aside from that conjecture, I lack the knowledge to say. I wondered the same thing while writing this post. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to find anything in Wisconsin’s historic record that revealed a Native American perspective on the holidays, so I can’t offer much enlightened discussion on the topic. Certainly different individuals had different reactions. Many were probably curious about (if not necessarily eager to adopt) the newcomer’s traditions, and I imagine that most were less upset by the arrival of new ceremonies than they were by the eventual suppression of their own. Aside from that conjecture, I lack the knowledge to say.

]]> http://www.acceity.org/2008/12/wisconsins-christmas-past/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Eric Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:03:34 +0000 http://www.acceity.org/?p=253#comment-28 That was a nice history of the Christmas celebration in Wisconsin. I wonder how the American Indians felt about the celebrations of the new Europeans colonizing the land. That was a nice history of the Christmas celebration in Wisconsin. I wonder how the American Indians felt about the celebrations of the new Europeans colonizing the land.

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