Person An individual. Birth Date 1610 Birthplace Garat, France Death Date 1681 Place of Death Quebec, Canada Occupation Priest; Jesuit; Missionary; Explorer Languages Spoken or Written French; Montagnais; Abenaki Biographical Text Gabriel Druillettes was a Jesuit missionary who joined the Society of Jesus in 1629 and became a priest in 1641. He traveled to New France for the first time in 1643 and began to create a reputation for himself as a respected missionary. Druillettes is also known for his love of exploring. He traveled New France extensively, often spending the winter months with the Montagnais (Innu) hunters of Sillery (Campeau, 2003). He spent the summer months in the French settlement of Tadoussac, which was established in 1600 and remains the oldest European settlement in Canada (Belshaw, 2015, 103). The Sainte-Croix mission was established in Tadoussac by the Jesuits in 1642 to carry out their missionary work (Parks Canada, 2019). It’s possible Druillettes worked out of this base during those summers. Bibliography Belsaw, J.D. 2015. Canadian History: Pre-Confederation. Victoria, B.C.: BCampus. Retrieved from https://opentextbc.ca/preconfederation/ Canada. Parks Canada. 2019. The Sainte Croix de Tadoussac Mission Church, Tadoussac, Quebec. Retrieved from https://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2019/06/the-sainte-croix-de-tadoussac-mission-church-tadoussac-quebec.html Associated Course Select the course for which this item is created, if applicable. Conflict and Change in Early Canadian History (Carleton HIST 1301) Student Cataloguer Enter your student name here if this item is part of a course activity. Kayla Pudden Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Druillettes, Gabriel (missionary in Tadoussac, Quebec) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1647-1650 and 1664-1665 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Possibly Sainte-Croix mission. Tadoussac, Quebec, Canada. Description An account of the resource Druillettes was a highly regarded priest and missionary who was known for gaining the respect and affection of the Indigenous people that he encountered. During one of his winter trips with the Montagnais, he suffered injury to his eyes from smoke in the lodges that eventually resulted in blindness, but he was able to heal himself and regain his sight through the prayer of his flock. Henceforth he was considered a “miraculous being” (Campeau, 2003) by the Indigenous peoples and they would travel long distances to hear him preach in Tadoussac. The Jesuits replaced the Récollets in 1629. They differed from their predecessors by accepting Indigenous culture during the process of conversion instead of attempting to Europeanize Indigenous ways of life (Belsaw, 2015, 120). This is evident in Druillettes’ winter trips with the Montagnais where he was immersed in their culture and hunted along side them. His influence and reputation often made him successful in his mission to convert Indigenous people to Catholicism. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Belsaw, J.D. 2015. Canadian History: Pre-Confederation. Victoria, B.C.: BCampus. Retrieved from https://opentextbc.ca/preconfederation/ Lucien Campeau, “DRUILLETTES (Dreuillettes, Drouillettes, Drouillet, Droulletes, Drueillettes, Druilletes), GABRIEL,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed October 5, 2021, https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/druillettes_gabriel_1E.html. Canada. Parks Canada. 2019. The Sainte Croix de Tadoussac Mission Church, Tadoussac, Quebec. Retrieved from https://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2019/06/the-sainte-croix-de-tadoussac-mission-church-tadoussac-quebec.html Type The nature or genre of the resource Person