Words of the Huron
By: John L. Steckley.
Series: Aboriginal studies series; Aboriginal studies series (Waterloo, Ont.)
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Waterloo, Ont
Language: eng; iro
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780889205161
Subjects: 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
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-256) and index.