Missions & Missionaries

Book review of: Noble, Wretched and Redeemable by C.L. Higham.

Book review of: Noble, Wretched, and Redeemable by C. L. Higham. To access this review, scroll to page 118.

Book review of: Noble, Wretched, & Redeemable by C. L. Higham.

Métis residential and day school survivors tell their stories. Duration: 22:19.

Discusses the diverse influences on beadwork and the evolving floral beadwork pattern. Includes photographs.

[History] Thesis (M.A.)--University of Montana, 1997

Published by the Northern Canada Evangelical Mission in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan. This edition includes a cover story about the Round Lake Bible School; columns include reports from communities across northern Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario.

Review of a compilation of Jesuit diaries from a mission situated in the Thunder Bay (Fort William) region, which has been published on CD-ROM.

Discussion of the historical novel's treatment of the disruption of Salish belief systems and social / family structures due to the impact of Christianity after contact. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Letter argues that the word derives from Excomminqui or "excommunicated ones", and is a name given by 17th century Jesuits who assessed the people of the Labrador coast as "hostile and pagan.".

Describes the policies, practises and curriculum of the school, as well as the philosophy of its founder, Rev. E. F. Wilson. Brief mention of the the Wawanosh School for girls.

Describes the missions at Isle a la Crosse, Lac Labiche and St. Albert.

"Appendix to the Report of the Minister of Education."

Notes on the Edward E. Ayer collection, located in The Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois.

Historical note:

"In 1911 Edward E. Ayer, a Chicago businessman, presented to The Newberry Library his collection of historical source material relating chiefly to the discovery, exploration and colonization of North America and to the native races of North America, the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippine Islands. It contains at present about 49,000 volumes, bound pamphlets, manuscripts, documents and other accessioned pieces."

Discusses the gap between the announced intentions and actual efforts to Christianize the original inhabitants of Virginia and Massachusetts.

Contains hymns taken from a collection prepared by Peter Jones, an Ojibwa licensed preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Mission in Canada.

Canadian Heritage and Development Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 1999.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2002.

Discusses the role the Oblates played in British Columbia's Native land claims based on cultural conceptions of property and the government policies that provided a framework.

Contains lectures, hymns, religious instruction and liturgy.

"Petit Livre de Lecture spirituelle, composé au lac des Deux Montagnes pour l'usage des Algonquins".

Descriptions of Minnesota Ojibwa and their first encounters with missionaries in the 1830s.

Comments on the similarities of educational policies and practices in the late 19th and early 20th century. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 131.

Reveals how some Aborigines shaped their own lives away from life on the mission stations.

"In Three Parts: Part I - The Grammar, Part II - Dialogue and Exercises. Part III - The Dictionary."

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Waterloo, 1978

Narrative set in letter format by Joseph Kingsmill, a Chaplain of the Pentonville Prison, in London.

Presentation of a religious debate between two Ojibwa leaders and a Jesuit missionary that was recorded in a letter.

Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Manitoba, 1986.

Book review of: The Ojibwa of Western Canada 1780-1870 by Laura L. Peers.

Examines why the Ojibwa supported 19th century residential schooling, what went wrong later, and why nothing was done to correct the situation.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 1996.

Reports on existing conditions during this period which produced a distinct Ojibwe version of Christianity.

Structures located at Chesterfield Inlet, N.W.T. [NU].

Presents a brief history of the Old Sun school from its establishment in1883 to the year it was destroyed by a fire in 1928.

Attributed to Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk.

From: Transactions of the Canadian Institute ; vol. VI, 1898-99

Book review of: On the Edge of Empire by Adele Perry.

From the Journal of the Anthropological Institute vol. 30, July - December 1990 at pages 263 to 277?.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2006.

Five photographs pasted onto paper with text describing the Onion Lake Mission with views of the school, mission house and St. Barnabas Church. Item found in folder Onion Lake Mission-nd.

Looks at the background of Reverend Henry Budd, one of the first Church of England missionaries, and comments on the trials in his life and the skills he used to overcome his struggles.