Missions & Missionaries

Examined spatial data, objects, oral tradition, and written sources from sites at Uummannaq, Akunnaat (Lichtenfels), and Kangillermiut. Found that cultural exchange resulted in objects and practices that were composites of European and Inuit ideas and traditions.

Mrs. R. Hunt from the "Report on Indian Missions, 1909." Presumably the wife of Anglican Reverend R. Hunt of Stanley Mission, SK.

Historical note:

See also S-B6550.

Examines the impact of Bishop Provencher on the Native Peoples of Red River, and comments on problems related to marriage practices, native cultural traditions, and attempts at agricultural and industrial practices.

Second edition.

Autobiography of Leslie Garrett, born 1898 into a religious family in England. He became a minister of the Church of England after emigrating to Canada in 1913. In 1923 he was assigned to Big Trout Lake, ON, and did missionary work among the Aboriginal population for 31 years. In 1953 he moved to Loon Lake, SK, as a senior missionary for the Northern Canada Evangelical Mission.

Explores linguistic work of the Pacific Northwest missionaries.

Discusses history projects focusing on the complexities of translating the Elders oral histories into text.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 1999.

Book review of: Nation, Ideas and Identities edited by Michael D. Behiels and Marcel Martel.

Book review of: A National Crime by John Milloy.

Population's response to drought suggests that some growth and decline took place due to environmental fluctuations, and were not solely a product of European contact.

Liberal Studies Thesis (M.A.)--State University of New York, Empire State College, 2003.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Texas at Arlington, 1997.

Comments on the lives of Pocahontas and Sacagawea and the role Native-American women played in the cross cultural exchange with the European traders.

Native American gathering criticizes imposition Western structures and doctrine on indigenous communities and calls for a new relationship with churches.

Book review of Native Canadian Anthropology and History by Shepard Krech III.

Black and white archival photographs.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1969.

Argues that the evolution of secondary literature has given rise to important issues and suggests topics for further research.

Book review of: Native Tongues by Sean P. Harvey.

Paper examines three variations of the equation: Sisters of Charity and the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Roman Catholic missionary groups in the Mackenzie District from the 1850s to the 1950s; federal and territorial governments from the 1920s to the early 1970s; and Justice Thomas Berger in his report of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry.

Argues that the roles and status of women in this region did not decline after contact, but instead they moved from a position of strength in the traditional era to strength in the mission era.

Looks at William Duncan's cultural imperialism that produced a religious movement of mixed Christian and Native rites in the Metlakatla Tsimshian groups.

Looks at the largest Native American tribe in the United States, the Navajo, and their association with Christianity.

[History and Early Modern History] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 2006.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999.

Looks at Red Cloud, Little Wound and Sitting Bull's version of the Messiah.

Includes the life of Louise Sighouin, a short catechism, and vocabulary of the Skalzi or Koetenay language.

The new McKay school at La Ronge, Saskatchewan. Date unknown. Run by the Anglican Church of Canada.

Article discusses the work of the principal of the Coqualeetza Indian Residential School, which is generally viewed in a positive light, to illustrate both the limitations and the latitude present in the system.

Book review of: Nicholas Black Elk by Michael F. Steltenkamp.

Black and white archival photographs and drawings.

Discusses the spiritual beliefs associated with reincarnation.

Explores Nishga-European contact from the perspective of land-based fur trade centred at Fort Simpson.

History Thesis (B.A.)--University of Michigan, 2012.