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- The Beginning of Print Culture in Athabasca County
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The Beginning of Print Culture in Athabasca Country is a facsimile edition and translation of a Prayer Book in Cree Syllabics originally prepared by Father Émile Grouard, OMI, and printed in Lac La Biche, Alberta in 1883. Father Grouard's prayer book marked the move from oral to print culture for the Cree.
More than a century later, Patricia Demers, Naomi McIlwraith, and Dorothy Thunder reproduced the text, and included a direct English translation as well as a transliteration into the Standard Roman Orthography. The introduction to the work, written by Demers, sets it within its cultural framework. The translators also discuss Grouard's use of Cree Syllabics, illuminating the difficulties faced by Grouard as a missionary-pioneer in transferring the nuances of one language to another.
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These materials were donated to the University of Alberta Archives by Naomi McIlwraith, one of the many contributors to this book.
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Collection consists of the original handwritten transcriptions of The Beginning of Print Culture in Athabasca County, as well as copies of transcriptions with notes from the various contributor. This book is a facsimile edition and translation of a Prayer Book in Cree Syllabics by Fathe Émile Grouard, OMI, which was originall prepared and printed at Lac La Biche in 1883.
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A published reference copy of The Beginning of Print Culture in Athabasca County is also available at the University of Alberta Archives.
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Created by A.Gibson Hollow 08 Sep 2022.