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Apostle to the Inuit : The Journals and Ethnographic Notes of Edmund James Peck - the Baffin Years, 1894-1905.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (513 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442670914
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Apostle to the InuitLOC classification:
  • BV2813.P42 A3 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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