Acoutsina
Acoutsina (c. 1697 – after 1719), the daughter of Chief Ouibignaro, was an Inuk from Labrador who was enslaved by Augustin le Gardeur de Courtemanche.[1] She taught , his stepson and a French colonist and commandant of the coast of Labrador, the language of her people.[1] The name "Acoutsina" is believed to be a French derivation of an Inuit term, akutsiarq, meaning the beautiful apron.
References[]
- ^ a b Rousseau, Jacques (1979) [1969]. "Acoutsina". In Hayne, David (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. II (1701–1740) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
Further reading[]
- Bogliolo Bruna, Giulia (1999). "Passer les frontières : Acoutsina l'interprète et Marguerite la convertie". Il Polo. 25–26 (Alla ricerca della quadratura del Circolo Polare : Testimonianze e studi in onore di Jean Malaurie (Giulia Bogliolo Bruna scient. ed.)): 137–144.
- Bogliolo Bruna, Giulia (1999). Passer les frontières: les Inuit du Labrador (fin du XVIème - première moitié du XVIIIème) (Passar as fronteiras, II Colóquio Internacional sobre Mediadores Culturais, Séculos XV a XVIII, Rui Manuel Loureiro and Serge Gruzinski ed.). Lagos: Centro de Estudos Gil Eanes. pp. 81–110.
See also[]
- List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador
Categories:
- 1690s births
- 18th-century deaths
- Canadian Inuit women
- Canadian slaves
- People from Labrador
- People of New France
- Inuit from Newfoundland and Labrador