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Author Laugrand, Frédéric, author.

Title Inuit, Oblate missionaries, and Grey Nuns in the Keewatin, 1865-1965 / Frédéric B. Laugrand and Jarich G. Oosten
Published Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 497 pages)
Contents From First Contact to the Opening of a Roman Catholic Mission in Chesterfield Inlet -- Integrating Christianity into Inuit Culture -- Crossing Religious Boundaries: The Role of Inuit Preachers -- Inuit and Grey Nuns in Chesterfield Inlet: "To Support the Body to Better Reach the Souls" -- New Developments for a Modern Hospital -- Life at the Hospital: Social and Religious Activities -- The Chesterfield Inlet Residential School -- A New Education: The Acquisition of New Skills and the Loss of Knowledge -- Daily Life and Sexual Abuse at the Residential School -- The Search for Inuit Nuns -- Pelagie and Her Work for the Diocese of Churchill-Hudson Bay -- The Search for Inuit Priests and the Value of Inuit Traditions
Summary "Over the century between the first Oblate mission to the Canadian central Arctic in 1867 and the radical shifts brought about by Vatican II, the region was the site of complex interactions between Inuit, Oblate missionaries, and Grey Nuns--interactions that have not yet received the attention they deserve. Enriching archival sources with oral testimony, Frédéric Laugrand and Jarich Oosten provide an in-depth analysis of conversion, medical care, education, and vocation in the Keewatin region of the Northwest Territories. They show that while Christianity was adopted by the Inuit and major transformations occurred, the Oblates and the Grey Nuns did not eradicate the old traditions or assimilate the Inuit, who were caught up in a process they could not yet fully understand. The study begins with the first contact Inuit had with Christianity in the Keewatin region and ends in the mid-1960s, when an Inuk woman joined the Grey Nuns and two Inuit brothers became Oblate missionaries. Bringing together many different voices, perspectives, and experiences, and emphasizing the value of multivocality in understanding this complex period of Inuit history, Inuit, Oblate Missionaries, and Grey Nuns in the Keewatin, 1865-1965 highlights the subtle nuances of a long and complex interaction, showing how salvation and suffering were intertwined."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 09, 2019)
Subject Oblates of Mary Immaculate -- Missions -- Nunavut -- Kivalliq Region -- History -- 19th century
Oblates of Mary Immaculate -- Missions -- Nunavut -- Kivalliq Region -- History -- 20th century
SUBJECT Oblates of Mary Immaculate fast
Subject Inuit -- Missions -- Nunavut -- Kivalliq Region -- History -- 20th century
Inuit -- Missions -- Nunavut -- Kivalliq Region -- History -- 19th century
HISTORY / Polar Regions.
Inuit -- Missions
Missions
Religion
SUBJECT Kivalliq Region (Nunavut) -- Religion -- 19th century
Kivalliq Region (Nunavut) -- Religion -- 20th century
Subject Nunavut -- Kivalliq Region
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Oosten, J. G., 1945-2016, author
ISBN 9780773558014
0773558012
9780773558021
0773558020