Vanished Worlds, Enduring People

Jean Baptiste de La Brosse. Nehiro-Iriniui Aiamihe Massinahigan Uabistiguiatsh [i.e. Québec]: Massinahitsetuau, Broun Gaie Girmor, 1767. [view]

La Brosse (1724-1782), a French Jesuit missionary, was a forceful advocate for the Montagnais (Innu) and Abenaki peoples in Canada. As a missionary to the Montagnais, he embarked on a successful program of literacy for those in his parish. This prayer book in Montagnais was the first book published in an Indian language in Canada.


		Vanished Worlds, Enduring People The Written Word *Jean Baptiste de La Brosse. Nehiro-Iriniui Aiamihe Massinahigan* Uabistiguiatsh [i.e. Québec]: Massinahitsetuau, Broun Gaie Girmor, 1767.** [view] La Brosse (1724-1782), a French Jesuit missionary, was a forceful advocate for the Montagnais (Innu) and Abenaki peoples in Canada. As a missionary to the Montagnais, he embarked on a successful program of literacy for those in his parish. This prayer book in Montagnais was the first book published in an Indian language in Canada. View the Previous Section \| View the Next Section

Vanished Worlds, Enduring People

The Written Word