Father Augustin Brabant : saviour or scourge? : the first colonial missionary among the Nuu-Cha-Nulth / Jim McDowell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McDowell, Jim, 1934- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brabant, August Joseph, 1845-1912.

Brabant, August Joseph.

Catholic Church--Missions--British Columbia--Vancouver Island--History.

Catholic Church.

Missionaries--British Columbia--Vancouver Island--Biography.

Missionaries.

Vancouver Island (B.C.)--History.

Vancouver Island (B.C.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (516 p.)

Place of Publication:

Vancouver, British Columbia : Ronsdale Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Father August Brabant (1845-1912) was the first Roman Catholic missionary to live and work among indigenous peoples on the west coast of Vancouver Island during the colonial period. He endured long periods of isolation, built a number of log churches and undertook extraordinarily difficult trips along the west coast in dugout canoes. His thirty-three-year-long effort to transform Nuu-chah-nulth culture gives us a provocative case study of the dynamics that shaped, and continue to define, the settler-colonial relationship between indigenous peoples and the state in Canada. Convinced he had a mission to save the indigenous people from being themselves, the zealous priest strove to instill alien spiritual beliefs. He served as a willing instrument for imposing colonial power by introducing new forms of justice, commerce, dress, housing, personal identity, and--most devastating of all--schooling. As the father of British Columbia's first residential school, Brabant precipitated the single institution that proved most destructive to the people he set out to rescue. Brabant's biography will be of interest to historians, anthropologists, political scientists, individuals engaged in First Nations Studies, and general readers.

Contents:

""CHAPTER 8 Recovery and Return (NOVEMBER 1875�JUNE 1876)""""CHAPTER 9 Potlatching and Funerals (JUNE 1876)""; ""CHAPTER 10 Chiefs Maquinna, Nitaska, and Tawinisam (LATE JUNE�OCTOBER 12, 1876)""; ""CHAPTER 11 Climbing a Mountain to. Dispel “Superstitions� (OCTOBER 22�NOVEMBER 29, 1876)""; ""CHAPTER 12 Chief Nitaska Dies; Tawinisam Blamed (DECEMBER 5, 1876�JANUARY 28, 1877)""; ""CHAPTER 13 Brabant Builds a. Second Church (FEBRUARY�MAY 1877)""; ""CHAPTER 14 Brabant Returns to the Struggle (JANUARY�APRIL 1878)""; ""CHAPTER 15 Thunderbird (MID-JUNE�MID-NOVEMBER 1878)""

""CHAPTER 16 “Sorcerersâ€? and Rebellion (JANUARY 1879â€?APRIL 1880)""""CHAPTER 17 LÅ?qwoná or Shamansâ€? Festival (JULYâ€?SEPTEMBER 1880)""; ""CHAPTER 18 A Culture in Transition (EARLY 1881â€?OCTOBER 1882)""; ""CHAPTER 19 Shipwreck, Shamans, and a Hurricane Survivor (OCTOBER 1882â€?SEPTEMBER 1883)""; ""CHAPTER 20 Brabant as an Agent of Acculturation (JULY 1884â€?WINTER 1885)""; ""CHAPTER 21 Brabant Loses a Mentor; Confronts a New Hierarchy (FEBRUARY 28, 1886â€?AUGUST 5, 1888)""; ""CHAPTER 22 The Tide Turns at Hesquiaht (1888â€?1894)""

""CHAPTER 23 Brabant Launches a School (1895�1900)""""CHAPTER 24 Brabant�s Final Years (1901�1912)""; ""CHAPTER 25 Brabant�s Legacy""; ""CHAPTER 26 Tawinisam�s Legacy""; ""AFTERWORD. The Dictionary Controversy (1897�1911)""; ""APPENDIX A. Alternative Spellings of. Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Groups""; ""APPENDIX B. Chinook Song""; ""APPENDIX C. The “Catholic Ladder�""; ""APPENDIX D. Charter for the Establishment of the First Mission at Hesquiaht""; ""APPENDIX E. Additions to the Charter for the. Establishment of the First Mission at Hesquiaht, made August 27, 1880""

""APPENDIX F. The Legend of the Salmon Songâ€?s Origin""""How Katiniaak Acquired the Salmon Song""; ""APPENDIX G. The Legend of Kwotiath""; ""APPENDIX H. Catechism and Prayer Booklet Written by Father Brabant in Nootkan""; ""APPENDIX I. Part of a Sermon in Nootkan by Father Lemmens""; ""APPENDIX J. Origin of the LÅ?qwoná or Shamansâ€? Festival""; ""Yanamhum and the Wolf Spirits""; ""APPENDIX K. Analysis of Father Brabantâ€?s. Reported Conversions""; ""APPENDIX L. Probable Descendants of Ma-tla-ho-ah: Legendary Founder of the Hesquiahts""; ""Sources""; ""BRABANT PRIMARY SOURCES""

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [437]-480) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-55380-190-3

1-55380-191-1

OCLC:

827363594