“The missionaries were unable to grasp the nuanced Indigenous relationship with the divine since it was so unlike the structured, institutional nature of Christianity. Native spirituality, embedded in everyday life, didn’t represent an authentic religion to the Jesuits. The missionaries and other Christians dismissed the tribes’ spiritual ways as meritless or, worse, as products of the devil.” Spirituality Book:Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools Source: Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools