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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.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Cultural studies

• Full title: Moravian Beginnings of Canadian Inuit Literature
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112
• EAN: 9780982170366
• ISBN: 098217036X
• ID: 08017586
• Publisher: International Polar Institute Press
• Weight: 136 g
• Dimensions: 203 × 114 × 5 mm
• Date of publishing: 11. May 2010

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