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[PERRON, Joseph or JETTÉ, Jules, attributed]

[ALASKA; JESUIT MISSIONS] Canotlé Rannaga Kelékak. Délochét Roka.

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[Canticles, hymns and catechism in the Deg Xinag language]. At head of title: A.M.D.G. (Ad maiorem Dei gloriam). Winnipeg, Manitoba : Free Press No-Rodeneletekteyar, 1904. Square duodecimo (140 x 110 mm), original limp black pebbled cloth, pp. 54; a fine example.

A Catholic hymn book in the Deg Xinag (or Deg Hit’an; formerly, Ingalik) language, an endangered North Athabaskan language spoken by the Deg Hit’an peoples of the lower Yukon River in Alaska. It was produced by Jesuit Missionaries, with the translation being attributed by some scholars to Joseph Perron and by others to Jules Jetté.