Gospel Selections: The First Book in Inuktitut Syllabics

• Published in: Études/Inuit/Studies
• Main Author: Harper, Kenn
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Centre interuniversitaire d’études et de recherches autochtones (CIÉRA) 2022
• Subjects: Inuktitut; Inuttut; syllabic(s); Horden; Watkins; Okakterook; Fort George; Little Whale River; Moose Factory; Moravian; transliteration; syllabique; Petite rivière de la Baleine; translitération; Baie James; Baleine; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; la Baleine; Nunavik; Études/Inuit/Studies; inuit; inuktitut; Cris; James Bay
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1096498ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/1096498ar

The syllabic writing system invented for the Cree was first introduced to Inuit in 1855 by Rev. Edwin A. Watkins (1827–1907) at Fort George and Little Whale River on the James Bay and Hudson Bay coasts, respectively. That same year at Fort George, Watkins prepared a small book of gospel selections i...