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ftwashstatelib:oai:content.libraries.wsu.edu:clipping/101561 2023-05-15T14:40:08+02:00 Northwest History. Alaska. Science. United States. The Spokane Review: 1937-08-29 Started Schools for Eskimos in Arctic Just 25 Years Ago 1937-08-29 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/101561 English eng nwh-sh-14-3-43 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/101561 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0 Copyright not evaluated. Contact original newspaper publisher for copyright information. Northwest History Alaska Box 14 Alaska Schools Teachers Northwest Pacific--History--20th Century Text Clippings 1937 ftwashstatelib 2021-07-26T19:23:20Z Started Schools for Eskimos in Arctic Just 25 Years Ago Started Schools for Eskimos in Arctic Just 25 Years Ago-- Just a quarter-century ago the Eskimos of the central Canadian arctic region were first coming in contact with the white man. Vil- hjalmur Stefansson was landing an expedition there for the Canadian government, and a mounted police patrol was looking for two Eskimos who had killed two roaming missionaries. Today there are few Eskimos who have not seen a white man, and few who have not adapted their mode of living to his. While there is still no public school system in the Canadian Northwest Territories, government- aided boarding schools are maintained by both the Roman Catholic and the Anglican churches, from Herschel island, at the tip of the western arctic, to Baffin island in the eastern arctic. Adults as well as children are educated in reading and writing the syllabic, a special alphabet devised by missionaries for the Eskimos and Indians. The schools also teach the Eskimos hygiene, elementary nursing, manual training, household science and sewing, showing them how to adapt the new life of civilization to their old arctic life; what store clothes to use and what native clothes to continue wearing for health's sake, and how to combat sickness and take care of their teeth. Most of the 6000 Eskimos in Canada's arctic travel a large part of the year to hunt seal and other fur-bearing animals for food and trade. This means that Eskimo children are at school only at limited periods, when their parents are near mission school centers and trading posts. Many of the priests, missionaries and nuns travel to Eskimo villages to round out the education of the new generation as well as to attend to religious education. They use dog teams, motor-powered schooners, native schooners and airplanes. They face hardships on the trail, are frequently lost in bad weather, and sometimes disappear never to be found again. Text Arctic Baffin Island Baffin eskimo* Herschel Island Northwest Territories Alaska Washington State University: WSU Libraries Digital Collections Arctic Baffin Island Herschel Island ENVELOPE(-139.089,-139.089,69.583,69.583) Northwest Territories Pacific Stefansson ENVELOPE(-62.417,-62.417,-69.467,-69.467) |
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Started Schools for Eskimos in Arctic Just 25 Years Ago Started Schools for Eskimos in Arctic Just 25 Years Ago-- Just a quarter-century ago the Eskimos of the central Canadian arctic region were first coming in contact with the white man. Vil- hjalmur Stefansson was landing an expedition there for the Canadian government, and a mounted police patrol was looking for two Eskimos who had killed two roaming missionaries. Today there are few Eskimos who have not seen a white man, and few who have not adapted their mode of living to his. While there is still no public school system in the Canadian Northwest Territories, government- aided boarding schools are maintained by both the Roman Catholic and the Anglican churches, from Herschel island, at the tip of the western arctic, to Baffin island in the eastern arctic. Adults as well as children are educated in reading and writing the syllabic, a special alphabet devised by missionaries for the Eskimos and Indians. The schools also teach the Eskimos hygiene, elementary nursing, manual training, household science and sewing, showing them how to adapt the new life of civilization to their old arctic life; what store clothes to use and what native clothes to continue wearing for health's sake, and how to combat sickness and take care of their teeth. Most of the 6000 Eskimos in Canada's arctic travel a large part of the year to hunt seal and other fur-bearing animals for food and trade. This means that Eskimo children are at school only at limited periods, when their parents are near mission school centers and trading posts. Many of the priests, missionaries and nuns travel to Eskimo villages to round out the education of the new generation as well as to attend to religious education. They use dog teams, motor-powered schooners, native schooners and airplanes. They face hardships on the trail, are frequently lost in bad weather, and sometimes disappear never to be found again. |
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