Title: Words of the Huron
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.
Subjects: History, Intellectual life, Languages, Material culture, Social life and customs, Wyandot Indians, Indians of north america, history, Wyandot language, Hurons, Religion, Huron (Langue), Histoire, Noms hurons, Culture materielle, Moeurs et coutumes, Vie intellectuelle, Langues, Wyandot Names
Time periods: 17th century