Research Catalog

Title

Inuit, Oblate missionaries, and Grey Nuns in the Keewatin, 1865-1965 / Frédéric B. Laugrand and Jarich G. Oosten.

Author

Laugrand, Frédéric

Publication

• Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019.
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

Oosten, J. G., 1945-2016

Description

640 pages : illustrations, portraits; 25 cm

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."--

Subject

• Oblates of Mary Immaculate > Missions > History > Nunavut > Kivalliq Region > 19th century
• Oblates of Mary Immaculate > Missions > History > Nunavut > Kivalliq Region > 20th century
• Oblates of Mary Immaculate
• 1800-1999
• Inuit > Missions > History > Nunavut > Kivalliq Region > 20th century
• Inuit > Missions > History > Nunavut > Kivalliq Region > 19th century
• Inuit > Missions
• Missions
• Religion
• Kivalliq Region (Nunavut) > Religion > 19th century
• Kivalliq Region (Nunavut) > Religion > 20th century
• Nunavut > Kivalliq Region

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-482) and index.

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.

Call Number

JFF 19-2649

ISBN

• 0773556826
• 9780773556829
• 9780773556836
• 0773556834

OCLC

1121342329

Author

Laugrand, Frédéric, author.

Title

Inuit, Oblate missionaries, and Grey Nuns in the Keewatin, 1865-1965 / Frédéric B. Laugrand and Jarich G. Oosten.

Publisher

Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-482) and index.

Chronological Term

1800-1999

Added Author

Oosten, J. G., 1945-2016, author.

Other Form:

Online version: Laugrand, Frédéric. Inuit, Oblate missionaries, and Grey Nuns in the Keewatin, 1865-1965. Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019 0773558012 9780773558014 (OCoLC)1097551212

Research Call Number

JFF 19-2649