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Title

The beginning of print culture in Athabasca country : a facsimile edition & translation of a prayer book in Cree syllabics by Émile Grouard : prepared and printed at Lac La Biche in 1883 / with an introduction by Patricia Demers ; translated by Patricia Demers, Naomi L. McIlwraith, and Dorothy Thunder.

Publication

Edmonton : University of Alberta Press, c2010.

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Additional Authors

• Grouard, mgr. (Emile-Jean-Baptiste-Marie), 1840-1931.
• Demers, Patricia, 1946-
• McIlwraith, Naomi L.
• Thunder, Dorothy
• McIlwraith, Naomi L. (Naomi Lynne), 1963-

Description

xxviii, 457 p. : ill., facsims., map, ports.; 26 x 29 cm.

Subject

• Grouard, mgr. 1840-1931
• Grouard, mgr. 1840-1931
• Catholic Church > Prayers and devotions
• Église catholique > Prières et dévotions
• Geschichte 1883
• Cree language > Texts
• Cree Indians > Prayers and devotions
• Printing > Alberta > History
• Prayer books > Alberta > History
• Cri (Langue) > Textes
• Cris (Indiens) > Prières et dévotions
• Imprimerie > Alberta > Histoire
• Livres de prières > Alberta > Histoire

Genre/Form

• History
• Prayers and devotions
• Texts
• Quelle.

Note

• Includes a reproduction of the original text written in Cree syllabics by Father Grouard, printed 1883.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 456-457).

Language (note)

• Text in English and Cree on facing pages. Foreword, preface, and introduction in English. Includes some text in French.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : Émile Grouard, OMI and print culture in Athabasca Country -- Catholic prayer book -- Afterward : language and devotion ; a missionary's use of Cree syllabics / a collaborative essay by Patricia Demers, Naomi Mcilwraith, Dorothy Thunder.

ISBN

• 9780888645159
• 0888645155

LCCN

^^2010502582

OCLC

• 401145728
• SCSB-12712448

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library