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September 19, 2025Journal of Jesuit StudiesOpen Access

From Ship to Shore: Food, Drink, and Cultural Encounter in Gregorio Mengarini’s Flathead Nineteenth-Century Mission

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CFClaudio Ferlan

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Overview

This study examines dietary changes and cultural encounters between Jesuit missionaries and Flathead people, highlighting the challenges they faced.

Key Points

  • Cultural differences led to considerable challenges for Catholic missionaries in adapting to local practices, particularly in food.
  • Dietary changes were influenced by Mengarini’s experiences and his efforts to establish subsistence agriculture among the Flathead people.
  • The Jesuits faced significant hardships, including hunger and dangers related to travel in the Rocky Mountains.
  • The eventual demise of the Flathead Mission illustrates the difficulties of introducing new lifestyles to indigenous communities.

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Claudio Ferlan (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d466b531b076d99fa65720https://doi.org/10.1163/22141332-12340005
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