Abstracts
Résumé
L’étude des missions oblates auprès des Amérindiens et des Inuit du Nord canadien constitue un objet de recherche récent. Cet article propose un bref survol historiographique à travers les contributions respectives de l’histoire, de l’anthropologie et de l’ethnohistoire. L’auteur suggère quelques perspectives pour le futur et défend l’idée selon laquelle l’anthropologie historique, compte tenu de la complémentarité des méthodes historiques et anthropologiques, est bien équipée pour saisir la question du changement et des métissages, tant du côté des autochtones que de celui des missionnaires.
Abstract
The study of the oblates missions among Inuit and North American Indianshas become a new object of research. This paper provides a very brief historiography that takes into account the various contributions made by the three major academic fields: history, anthropology and ethnohistory. While this broad overview is completed by a few specific suggestions for the future, it also defends the idea that because of the very complementary nature of the methods of history and anthropology and due to the recent insights brought by ethnohistory, historical anthropology, as conceived by Wachtel, has a key role to play in various issues, such as those dealing with the question of change and "métissage" as perceived by the Aboriginals as well as by the missionaries.