Guy Mary-Rousselière

Father Guy Mary-Rousselière (Le Mans, France 1913-1994 Mittimatalik) was a French-Canadian anthropologist, missionary priest at Mittimatalik, and string figure collector. He was involved in recording Inuit songs,^[1] film-making, and had photographs occasionally published in National Geographic.^[2] He excavated many artifacts given to the National Museum in Ottawa.^[2]

He was editor of Eskimo magazine for several years, a member of the Northwest Territories Historic Sites and Monuments Board for many years, and was a recipient, in 1988 from the Honourable Bill McKnight, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, of a Northern Science Award recipient in 1988.^[2]

Bibliography

• (1965).
• (1969). "Les Jeux de Ficelle des Arviligjuarmiut" [String Figures of Arviligjuarmiut], Musees Nationaux du Canada Bulletin 233.
• (1980). Qitdlarssuaq, l’histoire d’une migration polaire. Université de Montreal.
  • (1991). Qitdlarssuaq, the story of a polar migration. Wuerz Publishing. ISBN 9780920063392.
  • (2008) Qitdlarssuaq, l’histoire d’une migration polaire. Réédition, éditions Paulsen, Paris, ISBN 9782916552163.

Filmography

• (). Light in the Darkness.^[3]

Sources

1. Michael Hauser, Erik Holtved, and Bent Jensen (2010). Traditional Inuit Songs from the Thule Area, Volume 1, p.126 & 740. ISBN 978-87-635-2589-3.
2. Gordon, Bryan C. "Father Guy Mary-Rousselière (1913–1994) ", Arctic, Vol. 47, NO. 3 (September 1994), p.318.
3. Frédéric Laugrand and Jarich Oosten (2002). "Quviasukvik. The celebration of an Inuit winter feast in the central Arctic", Journal de la Société des Américanistes, p.203-225.