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Man in Moccasins

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The story of nineteenth-century missionary John Maclean, who lived among the Canadian Blackfoot tribe, raising his family bilingually, and adopting a young member of the tribe. Realising the folly of his proselytising mission, he instead dedicated himself to preserving The Blackfoots’ culture against the threat of colonial encroachment.

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Hanes John Maclean, cenhadwr o’r bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg a fu’n byw gyda llwyth y Blackfoot yng Nghanada, gan fagu ei deulu yn ddwyieithog a chan fabwysiadu aelod ifanc o’r llwyth. Wedi sylweddoli ffolineb ei genhadaeth grefyddol, penderfynodd gysegru ei hunan i ddiogelu diwylliant llwyth y Blackfoot rhag bygythiad goresgyniad trefedigaethol.
The story of nineteenth-century missionary John Maclean, who lived among the Canadian Blackfoot tribe, raising his family bilingually, and adopting a young member of the tribe. Realising the folly of his proselytising mission, he instead dedicated himself to preserving The Blackfoots’ culture against the threat of colonial encroachment.

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English