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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Bassler, Gerhard P. |
| Title, Analytic | German Culture and the Inuit: The Moravian Mission in Labrador |
| Journal Title | Yearbook of German-American Studies |
| Date of Publication | 2003 |
| Volume ID | 38 |
| Location in Work | 73-97 |
| Language or Document Type | English |
| ISSN | 0741-2827 |
| Abstract | Within half a century of their presence in Labrador, these Moravians had pacified the seemingly unpacifiable region, created a written language for the Inuit to facilitate their literacy, and introduced educational and other strategies to enable the Inuit and their cultural identity to survive in a rapidly changing modern world. . . . This article argues that, although operating within a framework of German culture and transplanting many aspects of German life into the rugged wilderness of northern Labrador, the Moravians left their mark as facilitators of Inuit survival in the broadest sense of the word. Examines religious origins, mission stations and settlements, Moravian life at the mission stations, gardening, language and culture, education, music, German customs and traditions, scientific pursuits, Moravian trade, and Inuit-Moravian contact. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | Moravian Church/ Moravians/ 18th century/ Canada/ Ethnic relations/ Inuits/ Cultural influence/ Language, German/ Education/ Music/ Religion/ Horticulture & Gardening |