The Moravian beginnings of Canadian Inuit literature : an exhibition of special collections from McGill University Library Rare Books and Special Collections, February to April 2009.

The Moravian beginnings of Canadian Inuit literature : an exhibition of special collections from McGill University Library Rare Books and Special Collections, February to April 2009.

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Montréal ; Hanover [NH] : IPI Press, [2009?].
Description:	111 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 21 cm.
Language:	English French Inuktitut
Subject:	McGill University. -- Library -- Exhibitions. McGill University. -- Library. Inuit literature -- Canada -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions. Moravians -- Missions -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador -- History. Moravians -- Missions -- Nunavut -- History. Inuit literature. Moravians -- Missions. Canada. Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador. Nunavut. Bibliography -- Exhibition catalogs. Exhibition catalogs. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8121706

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Other authors / contributors:	Rankin, Sharon. Stenbæk, Marianne. Wilhjelm, Henrik. McGill University. Library.
ISBN:	9780982170366 098217036X
Notes:	Catalogue of an exhibition held at the McGill University Library, Montréal, Québec. The exhibition is part of the "Entendre et communiquer les voix du Nunavik/ Hearing and sharing the voices of Nunavik", a joint Université́ du Québec à Montréal and McGill University initiative funded by the Canadian program of the International Polar Year (IPY), 2008-2011. The exhibition was prepared by Sharon Rankin, Marianne Stenbaek, Lindsay Terry and Jennifer Campbell; the catalogue editor: Sharon Rankin; introductory essay: The Moravian church in Labrador: a brief history, by Rev. Henryk Wilhjelm, translated (from Danish) by Marianne Stenbaek. Includes bibliographical references. Text mostly in English with some in Inuktitut and French.

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Summary:	Traced here are the beginnings of literacy and literature for Inuit living in Labrador and the eastern Canadian arctic. Inuit living in Labrador in the 19th and early 20th centuries were more literate than white settlers as a direct result of the Moravian missionaries who taught them to read and write in Inuktitut in the mission schools. Many of the original Inuktitut texts used by the mission teachers and students are included as part of this exhibition. The Labrador Inuit are the first Canadian Inuit to have their own language. Their first texts took the form of songs or narratives. This catalog represents this history with images from pages and covers of books in the collection along with detailed descriptions of their importance.Texts in French, English, Inuktitut and Inuktitut roman orthography& descriptions in English.
Item Description:	Catalogue of an exhibition held at the McGill University Library, Montréal, Québec. The exhibition is part of the "Entendre et communiquer les voix du Nunavik/ Hearing and sharing the voices of Nunavik", a joint Université́ du Québec à Montréal and McGill University initiative funded by the Canadian program of the International Polar Year (IPY), 2008-2011. The exhibition was prepared by Sharon Rankin, Marianne Stenbaek, Lindsay Terry and Jennifer Campbell; the catalogue editor: Sharon Rankin; introductory essay: The Moravian church in Labrador: a brief history, by Rev. Henryk Wilhjelm, translated (from Danish) by Marianne Stenbaek.
Physical Description:	111 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9780982170366 098217036X