Guy Mary-Rousselière Explained

Father Guy Mary-Rousselière (1913, Le Mans, France – 1994, Pond Inlet, Canada) was a French anthropologist, missionary priest, and collector of string figures. He trained as a priest at the Séminaire Saint-Sulpice (fr), Issy-les-Moulineaux, and whilst there passed the exam to train also as a Sergeant in the French Army Reserve.^[1] He was ordained in 1937, his 56 years of ministry being spent in the Canadian Arctic, first with the Dené people in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, then with the Inuit of Repulse Bay (now Naujaat), Pelly, Hudson Bay, and Baffin Island. For the 36 years prior to his death, he lived in Pond Inlet (Mittimatalik).^{[2] [3]}

Mary-Rousselière was involved in the recording of Inuit songs,^[4] film-making, and had photographs published occasionally in National Geographic. He excavated numerous artifacts which were given to the National Museum in Ottawa and for many years was the editor of Eskimo magazine (from 1953), as well as being a member of the Northwest Territories Historic Sites and Monuments Board.

In 1988 he received Northern Science Award, which was presented to him by the Honourable Bill McKnight, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

Bibliography

• Mary-Rousselière . Guy . 1969 . Les Jeux de ficelle des Arviligjuarmiut . String Figures of the Arviligjuarmiut . FR . Bulletin . 233 . Ottawa . Musées nationaux du Canada . 0317-638X.
• Book: Mary-Rousselière, Guy . 1980 . Qitdlarssuaq, l’histoire d’une migration polaire . FR . Presses de l'Université de Montréal . 276060439X . 1132446565.
  • Book: Mary-Rousselière, Guy . Cooke . Alan . 1991 . Qitdlarssuaq: The Story of a Polar Migration . Winnipeg . Wuerz Publishing . 092006339X.
  • (2008) Qitdlarssuaq, l’histoire d’une migration polaire. Réédition, éditions Paulsen, Paris, .

Filmography

• . Light in the Darkness.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Councours pour l'obtention du brevet de préparation militaire supérieure au titre de l'infantérie . Journal Officiel de la République Française: Lois et Décrets . 65 . 211 . 9903 . 21 September 1933 . French . 1 February 2020.
2. Gordon . Bryan . January 1994 . Father Guy Mary-Rousselière (1913–1994) . Arctic . 47 . 3 . 318 . 10.14430/arctic1301 . 31 January 2020 . 1923-1245.
3. News: O’Connor . Bryan C. . 24 September 1991 . The priest who chronicled the North . Nationalpost . 31 January 2020. (Article updated after death of Mary-Rousselière).
4. Book: Hauser . Michael . Holtved . Erik . Jensen . Bent . 2010 . Traditional Inuit Songs from the Thule Area, Volume 1 . Copenhagen . Museum Tusculanum Press . 126, 740 . 978-8763525893.
5. Laugrand . Frédéric . Oosten . Jarich . 2002 . Quviasukvik. The celebration of an Inuit winter feast in the central Arctic . Journal de la Société des Américanistes . 88 . 88 . 203–225 . 10.4000/jsa.2772 . English . PDF . 0037-9174 . 1 February 2020. free .
6. Book: Laugrand . Frédéric B. . Oosten . Jarich G . 2010 . Inuit Shamanism and Christianity: Transitions and Transformations in the Twentieth Century . Montreal . McGill-Queen's University Press . 412 . 978-0773535909 . 1 February 2020.