Jesuit Relations

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Jesuit Relations is a collection of 17th-century reports and letters written by Jesuit missionaries in New France that document their evangelizing efforts and detailed observations of Indigenous peoples and the North American environment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jesuit missionary writing ⓘ
historical document collection ⓘ
missionary report ⓘ
primary source ⓘ
author Jesuit missionaries in New France ⓘ
Society of Jesus ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
describes Algonquin peoples ⓘ
linked to: Algonquin people

Huron-Wendat ⓘ
linked to: Wyandot

Indigenous languages ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of North America ⓘ
Indigenous religions ⓘ
Indigenous social structures ⓘ
Innu (Montagnais) ⓘ
linked to: Innu peoples

Iroquois ⓘ
linked to: Haudenosaunee

Mi'kmaq ⓘ
linked to: Mi’kmaq

North American fauna ⓘ
North American flora ⓘ
climate of New France ⓘ
geography of New France ⓘ
digitizedBy Internet Archive ⓘ
Library and Archives Canada ⓘ
editorOfEnglishEdition Reuben Gold Thwaites ⓘ
endTime 1673 ⓘ
hasEnglishTranslation The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents ⓘ
linked to: Jesuit Relations
hasPart annual reports from Jesuit superiors ⓘ
conversion narratives ⓘ
ethnographic descriptions ⓘ
letters from missionaries ⓘ
travel narratives ⓘ
historicalSignificance major source for Indigenous ethnography ⓘ
major source for early Canadian history ⓘ
major source for environmental history of North America ⓘ
intendedAudience French Catholic public ⓘ
potential patrons and benefactors ⓘ
language French ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
mainSubject Catholic evangelization in New France ⓘ
Jesuit missions among Indigenous peoples ⓘ
linked to: Jesuit missions

colonial encounters in North America ⓘ
numberOfVolumesInThwaitesEdition 73 ⓘ
placeDocumented Acadia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Great Lakes region ⓘ
Hudson Bay region ⓘ
New France ⓘ
St. Lawrence Valley ⓘ
publicationPlace Paris ⓘ
publisher Cramoisy printing house ⓘ
Société de Jésus ⓘ
linked to: Society of Jesus
purpose to document missionary activities ⓘ
to encourage support for missions ⓘ
to report on the progress of Christianization ⓘ
startTime 1632 ⓘ
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ
usedBy anthropologists ⓘ
environmental historians ⓘ
historians of colonial North America ⓘ
linguists ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jesuits in New France → notableWork → Jesuit Relations ⓘ
Jean de Brébeuf → subjectOf → Jesuit Relations ⓘ
Giuseppe Bressani → notableWork → Breve relatione d’alcune missioni de’ PP. della Compagnia di Giesù nella Nuova Francia ⓘ
subject linked to: Father Giuseppe Bressani
linked to: Jesuit Relations
Giuseppe Bressani → participantIn → Jesuit missions in North America ⓘ
subject linked to: Father Giuseppe Bressani
linked to: Jesuit Relations
Neutral Nation → documentedBy → Jesuit Relations ⓘ
Mascouten → documentedBy → Jesuit Relations ⓘ
subject linked to: Mascouten Indigenous peoples
Jesuit Relations → hasEnglishTranslation → The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents ⓘ
linked to: Jesuit Relations
Paul Le Jeune → knownFor → Jesuit Relations ⓘ
Pierre Biard → notableWork → Jesuit Relations ⓘ
Giuseppe Bressani → notableWork → Jesuit Relations (contributions) ⓘ
subject linked to: Bressani
linked to: Jesuit Relations
St. René Goupil → missionRegion → Huron missions ⓘ
linked to: Jesuit Relations
Michigamea tribe → documentedIn → Jesuit Relations ⓘ