Laugrand, édéric.

Apostle to the Inuit : The Journals and Ethnographic Notes of Edmund James Peck - the Baffin Years, 1894-1905. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (513 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Map - Cumberland Sound -- 1 The Founding of an Anglican Mission on Baffin Island, 1894-1905 -- PART ONE: THE JOURNALS -- 2 Eleven Years among the Inuit of Cumberland Sound, 1894-1905 -- 3 Journal, 1894-1895 -- 4 Journal, 1895-1896 -- 5 Journal, 1897-1898 -- 6 Letter, 1899 -- 7 Journal, 1900-1901 -- 8 Journal, 1902 -- 9 Journal, 1903-1904 -- 10 Journal, 1904-1905 -- PART TWO: THE ETHNOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTS -- 11 The Ethnography of Peck -- 12 The Eskimos, Their Beliefs, Characteristics, and Needs -- 13 Describing 'Heathen Customs' -- 14 Eve Nooeyout -- 15 Oosotapik -- 16 Qoojessie -- 17 The Tuurngait -- 18 List of Spirits by the Missionary E.J. Peck -- Notes -- References -- Index of Names -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

The book offers important new data on the history of the missions among the Inuit as well as on the history of Inuit religion and the anthropological study of Inuit oral traditions.

9781442670914


Peck, E. J.-(Edmund James)-Diaries.
Anglican Church of Canada-Missions-Nunavut-Baffin Island.
Inuit-Missions-Nunavut-Baffin Island.
Missionaries-Nunavut-Baffin Island-Diaries.
Inuit-Nunavut-Baffin Island.


Electronic books.

BV2813.P42 A3 2006