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Words of the Huron / John L. Steckley.

Steckley, John, 1949- (Author).

Summary:

Investigation into 17th century Huron culture through a kind of linguistic archaeology applied to a language that died midway through the 20th century. Explores construction of longhouses, wooden armor, the use of words for trees in village names, the social-anthropological standards of kinship terms and clans, the Huron conceptualization of European-borne disease, the spirit realm of orenda, Huron nations and kinship groups, relationship with the environment and to material culture, relationship between the French missionaries and settlers and the Huron.

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  • ISBN: 9780889205161
  • ISBN: 0889205167
  • Physical Description: xvii, 259 pages ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-256) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1. The Wendat language -- 2. Huron nations -- 3. Clans and phratries of the Huron -- 4. Huron kinship -- 5. The Huron and their relationship to the environment -- 6. Material culture of the Huron -- 7. Huron ceremonial culture -- 8. Warfare -- 9. Medicine and disease -- 10. The Jesuits and the Huron -- 11. After-words.
Language Note:
Includes some text in Huron.

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Subject:
Wyandot Indians > Languages > History > 17th century.
Wyandot Indians > Intellectual life > 17th century.
Wyandot Indians > Social life and customs > 17th century.
Wyandot Indians > Material culture > History > 17th century.
Wyandot Indians > Social life and customs.
Huron Indians > Languages > History > 17th century.
Huron Indians > Intellectual life > 17th century.
Huron Indians > Social life and customs > 17th century.
Huron Indians > Material culture > History > 17th century.
Names, Huron > History > 17th century.
Huron language > History.
Huron Indians > Religion.
Genre:
History.

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