Words of the Huron

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.

Year

2007

Language

English

Series

Aboriginal studies series

Publisher

Wilfrid Laurier University Press

Editions

1

Pages

259

ISBN

9780889205161

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