Traditions Indiennes du Canada Nord-Ouest [between 1862-1875] - Book. - 1967.
| Database ID | 27085 | |
| Institution | University of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections | |
| Fonds/Collection | Morton Manuscripts Collection | |
| Series | MSS-51 | |
| File/Item Reference | MSS-51-1-2 (Box 1) | |
| Date of creation | 1967 | |
| Physical description/extent | 1 book; 521 pages | |
| Number of images | 1 | |
| Historical note | Emile Fortune Stanislas Joseph Petitot (1838 - 1916) was born in southern France near Marseilles. At the age of twenty-four he was ordained to the priesthood and joined the order of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate which sent him to North America in 1862. He spent the next 13 years in the Mackenzie Valley as a missionary and explorer. During his travels in northern Canada, he collected information and material for his dictionary of the major Athapaskan Indian languages (published in Paris in 1887) and for his other works on the character and customs of the Inuit and the Hareskin, Dogrib, Slave, Chippewyans, Loucheux, Cree and Hare Indians. | |
| Scope and content | This book describes Petitot's explorations of the Mackenzie and Anderson Rivers and the western branch of the Yukon River. It also provides an account of Petitot's travels to the various forts such as Fort MacPerson and his encounters with protestant missionaries who tried to dissuade him from preaching in their territory. | |
| Restrictions on access | There are no restrictions on access. | |
| Contributer | Emile Petitot (author) | |
| Copyright holder | Public domain | |
| Copyright expiry date | Public domain | |
| Other terms governing use and reproduction | Responsibility regarding questions of copyright that may arise in the use of any images is assumed by the researcher. | |
| Type | Published | |
| Primary Media | Textual documents | |
| Specific document types | Books | |
| Provenance Access Point | Morton, A.S. | |
| Other notes | This collection was presented to the Institute for Northern Studies by Donatien Savoie, on behalf of the Honourable John Munro, Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, 17 October 1980. The material was deposited in Special Collections, University of Saskatchewan Library, on the dissolution of the Institute in 1982. | |
| Treaty boundaries | No data | |
| Cultural region | Arctic Subarctic | |
| Names | Petitot, Ãmile Fortuné Stanislas Joseph, 1838-1917 | |
| Subject | Exploration Forts Fur Trade Hudson's Bay Company Hunting and Trapping Inuit Eskimos Dene - Chipewyan Dogrib Blackfoot Confederacy - Siksika (Blackfoot proper) Chiglit | |
| Date Range(s) | 1860-1869 1870-1879 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/27085
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