Ales Simakou: Belarus – Indians: a look at Belarusian – American Indian connections from the position of 2004                                                          

(web-magazine “Culture. Nation”, issue 32, November 2023, 108–155, http://www.sakavik.net)

Abstract. The text attached (translation from the English original into Belarusian in 2023), which was not published in 2004, is an overview, the first after similar attempts to summarize and generalize in 1986 and 1989, of Belarusian-Indian relations with an emphasis on new discoveries and conclusions. The most important directions of connections, peoples (Apache, Fuegians, Seminoles, etc.), individuals are mentioned – some of the most vivid ones were revealed only at the beginning of the 21st century: important findings on Belarusians in Russian America (M. Timofeev, S. Kumachev, D. Kovansky; in the notes of 2023 – also about the hieromonk Gavriil (Milashevich)), Indians who visited Belarus or expressed interest in it (B. Nighthorse Campbell), various contacts (I. Stravinsky and M. Tallchief, L. Trusevich, M. Sinyak, A. Galinsky, P. Nabokov and Indians of various regions), activities of missionaries – A. Eckart, F. Dzerozynski, R. Gawronski, A. Reszeс. C. Milosz, S. Janowicz, Y. Kupala, V. Pazdniakou, J. Forbes, N. Russel, T. Emmons are attracted as authorities and spiritual guides. Among the major “Belarusian-Indian authors” are S. Bleeker, Y. Maur, C. Sherman. The question about the need for mutual solidarity is raised. Illustrative documents and the original English version of the article are attached to the text.

PDF-file of the article in Belarusian is attached.

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