Missions & Missionaries

Contains Catholic catechism text transcribed and translated for the Ottawa and Ojibwa (Ojibwe, Anishinaabe, Otchipwe) peoples.

Discusses a European-styled agricultural community which was developed to facilitate conversion and Europeanization of the semi-nomadic Montagnais in the St. Lawrence Valley.

Story of the Northwest Resistance of 1885.

Short story by a prolific author of German and Cherokee descent.

Book review of Skin for Skin by Gerald M. Sider.

Theology and Religious Sciences Thesis (M.A.)--Laval University, 2004.

Religious Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2011.

Archaeology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 1999.

Book reviews of 3 books: On Records: Delaware Indians, Colonists, and the Media of History and Memory by Andrew Newman. Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians Out of Existence in New England by Jean O'Brien. English Letters and Indian Literacies: Reading, Writing, and New England Missionary Schools, 1750-1830 by Hilary E. Wyss.

This file contains a handwritten manuscript, probably by Annie Cameron, about Lucy M. Baker in Makoce Waste Indian Reserve. In the story Lucy hosts a prayer time with the Indians, and together they pray for rain so their crops will germinate.

Dictionary of the Ojibwa language, in English and Ojibwa.

Explores the religious oppression the Indigenous people of the United States have experienced for more than two hundred years.

Depicts the history, stories and milestones of the Cyprian School located on the Piikani (North Peigan) Nation.

Chronicles activities of the Church Missionary Society of London, England (CMS), which included the first attempt to establish a First Nation agricultural community in Western Canada.

Image of unidentified boys, some in altar boy garb, walk on a road in front of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Mission in Montana. A priest is visible behind the boys. Louis Riel conducted a parochial school in connection with the mission until 1884 when summoned to Saskatchewan.

Historical note:

Presents a brief history and milestones of St. Philip's Mission Day School from its opening in 1907 until its relocation in 1979.

Describes the conversion and control of Aboriginal people by Franciscans; analyzes and identifies leadership selection patterns and the role of leaders in relation to the missions.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Manitoba, 2003.

Examines the Anglican conversion process at Stanley Mission.

Brief discussion of the lives of Egerton and Robert, sons of Rev. Henry B. Steinhauer, the first Aborigiinal Christian in Alberta.

A collection of materials on the attitudes and practices associated with the removal of Aboriginal children from their homes. Includes representative testimonies from those who were separated from their families and communities.

Originally published 1981.

Provides late Victorian perspective on the history of Tsimshian peoples, and the then current challenge of government policies, pressures to surrender lands and community relocation. 2nd edition.

Book review of: A Straight-Out Man by Barbara Henson. Review located by scrolling to page 151.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Toledo, 1997.

Book review of: The Struggle for Survival: Indian cultures and the Protestant Ethic in British Columbia by Forrest E. LaViolette. Scroll down to page 82 to read review.

English Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 1984.

Contends that in order to preserve all aboriginal languages in Canada it will take government funding, public awareness, and First Nations communities working together.

Discusses the reasoning for the motivation of the missionaries to learn Ojibwa.

Inquiry responds to the government's failure to adequately address recommendations in Bringing them home: Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children From the Families.

"This paper examines processes of cultural contact and change in the Canadian western Arctic resulting from the dual impacts of the fur trade and of missionary activities between 1850 and 1940."

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--The University of Manitoba, 1981.

Contends that those who worked with the residential school system believed that they were saving the souls of the children and caring for them as best they could.

Book review of: Take This Child by Barbara Cummings. Review located by scrolling to page 177.

Explores the contemporary relationship between First Nations communities and the historical mission church.

Comments on the women who persisted as teachers despite gender and material barriers.

Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia.