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Samson Occom (1723 – July 14, 1792; also
misspelled as Oc**** and Alcom) was a
member of the
Mohegan nation, from near New London, Connecticut, who became...
- In philosophy, Occam's
razor (also
spelled Ockham's
razor or Ocham's razor; Latin:
novacula Occami) is the problem-solving
principle that
recommends searching...
- school,
Occom went on a
successful fundraising tour of
Britain between the
years 1766 and 1768,
raising over 12,000 pounds. However,
while Occom was busy...
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establishment resulted from his
relationship with
Mohegan Indian Samson Occom.
Occom became an
ordained minister after studying under Wheelock from 1743 to...
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before founding Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. He had
tutored Samson Occom, a
Mohegan who
became a
Presbyterian minister and the
second Native American...
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Bridge No. 1860, also
known as the
Samson Occom Bridge, is a
fieldstone arch
bridge in Montville, Connecticut,
United States.
Constructed by the Connecticut...
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Short Narrative of My Life is an
autobiographical account by Rev.
Samson Occom (1723–1792) and is one of the
earliest English-language
writings by a Native...
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Mohegan and
Pequot tribes of New
England and
eastern Long Island:
Samson Occom (Mohegan/Brothertown), a
notable Presbyterian minister to New
England Indians...
- John
Rollin Ridge, Lynn Riggs,
Hanay Geiogamah,
William Apess,
Samson Occom, and
Stephen Graham Jones. Importantly, it is not "a" literature, but a...
- drunkards. The
sermon was
remarkable in that
Occom's audience included both
colonists and
Native Americans, and
Occom knew that the
topic of
Native American...
