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Georges-Antoine Belcourt

Georges-Antoine Belcourt is a Manitoba Heritage Council commemoration in Elie, Manitoba.

Manitoba · Baie St. Paul Cemetery, Junction PTH 26 and PR 248, Elie · location approximate

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The Reverend Georges-Antoine Belcourt came to Red River from Lower Canada (Quebec) in 1831. He established the agricultural mission of St. Paul on the Assiniboine River near here where, for fifteen years, he sought to change the beliefs and way of life of the native people. Belcourt's fluency in the Saulteaux language (Anishinabemowin) enabled him to become their confidant and advisor. His support of Métis grievances against the Hudson's Bay Company in 1846-47 brought him into conflict with the political authorities and his Roman Catholic superiors. This rupture led to his departure for Dakota Territory, accompanied by many of his followers, where he continued to serve the white and native population. After subsequent pastoral work in Prince Edward Island, he died in 1874 at Shediac, New Brunswick. Belcourt's Saulteaux dictionary and his accounts of native life in the West are important legacies.

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Venant du Bas-Canada (Québec), le Révérend Père Georges-Antoine Belcourt atteignit la rivière Rouge en 1831. Il organisa la mission agricole de Saint-Paul, sur la rivière Assiniboine voisine et s'en occupa pendant quinze ans, enseignant aux autochtones sa foi et un nouveau mode de vie. Il se fit le confident et le conseiller des Saulteaux dont il parlait couramment la langue (Odjibwek). En se chargeant d'appuyer les plaintes des Métis contre la compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson entre 1846 et 1847, il s'attira le mécontentement de ses supérieurs de l'église catholique. À la suite de cette rupture, il partit avec un bon nombre de ses disciples pour le territoire du Dakota, où il continua à aider les blancs aussi bien que les Indiens. Il fut encore missionnaire dans l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard et mourut à Shediac (Nouveau-Brunswick) en 1874. Son dictionnaire de la langue des Saulteaux et ses comptes rendus de la vie indienne dans l'Ouest constituent un héritage de grande valeur.

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Plaque text and location: Manitoba Heritage Council Commemorative Plaques, Historic Resources Branch, Government of Manitoba, as the Branch publishes them on its plaque pages. The text is the Manitoba Heritage Council’s text as the Branch publishes it; the pin on this page is ours, worked out from the location the Branch gives and marked approximate. Contains information from the Government of Manitoba, licensed under the OpenMB Information and Data Use License (Manitoba.ca/OpenMB)
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