Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables, Figures, and Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Chronology xvii
6. Introduction 3
7. The Adoption of Christianity in the Hudson Bay and Keewatin Region
8. From First Contact to the Opening of a Roman Catholic Mission in Chesterfield Inlet 15
9. Integrating Christianity into Inuit Culture 54
10. Crossing Religious Boundaries: The Role of Inuit Preachers 88
11. The Hospital at Chesterfield Inlet
12. Inuit and Grey Nuns in Chesterfield Inlet: “To Support the Body to Better Reach the Souls” 123
13. New Developments for a Modern Hospital 152
14. Life at the Hospital: Social and Religious Activities 188
15. The Residential School at Chesterfield Inlet
16. The Chesterfield Inlet Residential School 233
17. A New Education: The Acquisition of New Skills and the Loss of Knowledge 260
18. Daily Life and Sexual Abuse at the Residential School 291
19. The Recruitment of Inuit Nuns and Priests
20. The Search for Inuit Nuns 315
21. Pelagie and Her Work for the Diocese of Churchill–Hudson Bay 339
22. The Search for Inuit Priests and the Value of Inuit Traditions 360
23. Conclusion 385
24. Register of Students Attending the Federal Day School at Chesterfield Inlet, NWT, during the Years That Students from Other Inuit Communities Boarded at Turquetil Hall (1955–69) 393
25. Principals, Teachers, and Staff at the Chesterfield Inlet School (1953–68) 408
26. List of Nuns Who Worked at the Chesterfield Inlet Hospital and Residential School 411
27. List of Inuit Elders 414
28. Qimuksiraaq's Songs Recorded by [Miss] Bolton and Transcribed and Translated by Father Arthur Thibert 418
29. Glossary of Inuktitut Words 425
30. Place Names 429
31. Notes 431
32. References 469
33. Index 483