Humanities in the Americas

Discuss the ways in which Benjamin West’s Penn’s Treaty with the Indians (1771-72) and Frère Luc’s France Bringing the Faith to the Indians of New France (c. 1675) represent the encounters between Europeans and Native peoples.  What is the relationship between these images and the historical events of the period in which they were produced?  If your last name begins with A-M, focus your discussion on Penn’s Treaty with the Indians; if your last name begins with N-Z, focus your discussion on Luc’s France Bringing the Faith to the Indians of New France.