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DESCRIPTION:ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï Library and the Cultural Studies Program in\n
 the ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï English Department\, are showcasing an\nexhibition t
 racing the beginnings of literacy and written\nliterature for the Inuit li
 ving in Nunatsiavut (Labrador) and\, to a\nlesser extent\, in Nunavik. Mor
 avian missionaries (a small German\nProtestant community) transcribed bibl
 ical texts into a written\nform of Inuttitut and were the first in Canada 
 to write and publish\nInuttitut using Latin characters. In the early 19th 
 century\, an\nAnglican missionary in Northern Quebec (now Nunavik) transcr
 ibed\nparts of these same Moravian biblical translations into syllabic\nor
 thography. Even more importantly\, the Moravian missionaries\nproduced tex
 t books for the Inuit\, allowing them to become literate\nvery early in Ca
 nadian history\, from the end of the 18th century.\nThe Nunatsiavut Inuit 
 were probably more literate than most other\npeople in Canada at that time
 . It is a fascinating and largely\nunknown aspect of our history and of li
 terary history. The Labrador\nInuit were the first Inuit to have written i
 n their own language\nand thus constitute the beginnings of Inuit written 
 literature in\nCanada.\nItems displayed in this exhibition have been selec
 ted from\nºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï Library's Rare Books and Special Collections including Th
 e\nLawrence Lande Collection of Canadiana\, The Lande Eskimo Collection\na
 nd The Lande Arkin Collection\, and supplemented by the collections\nof Mc
 Gill Library’s Humanities & Social Sciences Library and\nEducation Library
  and Curriculum Resources Centre. This exhibition\nis an International Pol
 ar Year project and is part of the\nEntendre et communiquer les voix du Nu
 navik/ Hearing and\nsharing the voices of Nunavik\, a joint Université du 
 Québec à\nMontréal and ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï initiative funded by the Canadian
 \nprogram of the International Polar Year (IPY)\, 2008-9. This\nexhibition
  is also supported by a ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï-SSHRC\nInstitutional grant. It w
 as made possible in part thanks to the\nAVATAQ Cultural Institute. This ex
 hibition was prepared by Sharon\nRankin\, Professor Marianne Stenbaek\, Li
 ndsay Terry and Jennifer\nCampbell.\nPhoto of three Inuit children courtes
 y of Unity Archives\,\nHerrnhut\, Saxony\, Germany. Moravian Archives Herr
 nhut\, LBS\n1957.\n
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090430
LOCATION:McLennan Library Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0C9\, 3459 ru
 e McTavish
SUMMARY:The Moravian Beginnings of Canadian Inuit Literature
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